Embolization s&i at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta

914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5,215.72

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,704.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,138.90 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,569.92 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,138.90 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,608.96 ↓ -69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,352.00 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $4,558.72 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,497.28 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,497.28 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,631.36 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $5,765.44 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,832.48 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,832.48 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,832.48 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,899.52 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $6,234.72 ↑ +20%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $6,569.92 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,569.92 ↑ +26%

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Embolization s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,632.29 $2,855.52 – $8,249.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,776.66 $4,830.97 – $5,605.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,494.58 $1,663.00 – $3,326.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,368.87 $816.48 – $3,024.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,743.70 $2,350.00 – $3,760.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,807.11 $1,105.41 – $4,874.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,570.22 $7,083.97 – $7,116.50
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $11,815.68 $8,033.26 – $8,033.26

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