Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$143.16

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.

$184.00

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.

$14.56 with Partnership Health Plan vs $69.58 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.56 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.95 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $46.35 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $48.28 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $58.22 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.22 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $59.64 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $61.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $61.77 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $61.77 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $61.77 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $62.48 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $66.03 ↓ -54%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $69.58 ↓ -51%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $69.58 ↓ -51%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $217.69 $16.38 – $387.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $31.30 $3.28 – $31.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $141.78 $16.05 – $121.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $217.86 $16.38 – $49.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $121.22 $16.38 – $178.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.53 $13.50 – $49.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $192.18 $16.38 – $108.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $190.11 $16.38 – $106.65

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