Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl 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

$700.98

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.

$901.00

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.

$24.43 with BCBS - Anthem vs $882.98 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 $24.43 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $50.57 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.23 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $216.24 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $576.64 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $711.79 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $738.82 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $738.82 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $774.86 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $783.87 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $783.87 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $783.87 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $792.88 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $837.93 ↑ +20%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $882.98 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $882.98 ↑ +26%

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Ghs chemo IV push, ea addtl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $192.72 $25.35 – $365.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $144.72 $14.23 – $277.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $168.21 $20.61 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $807.86 $20.61 – $1,188.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $131.32 $20.61 – $9,050.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $164.42 $20.61 – $318.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $448.29 $102.23 – $102.23
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $362.10 $92.60 – $92.60

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