Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$495.59

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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.

$637.00

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.

$152.88 with Humana vs $624.26 with Coventry — 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $152.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $191.95 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $331.24 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $433.16 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $522.34 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $522.34 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $535.08 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $547.82 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $554.19 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $554.19 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $554.19 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $560.56 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $592.41 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $606.92 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $624.26 ↑ +26%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $624.26 ↑ +26%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $410.85 $111.51 – $322.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $157.94 $112.92 – $361.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $173.83 $67.53 – $255.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $144.65 $99.63 – $361.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $114.27 $112.92 – $308.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $470.87 $112.92 – $308.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $209.33 $112.92 – $583.84
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,122.72 $145.45 – $316.58

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