Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$1,230.80
Cash price 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.
$1,582.00
Gross charge 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.
$116.21 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,550.36 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.21 | ↓ -91% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $239.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $367.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $379.68 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,012.48 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,249.78 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,297.24 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,297.24 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,360.52 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,376.34 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,376.34 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,376.34 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,392.16 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $1,471.26 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,550.36 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,550.36 | ↑ +26% |
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Ghs nerve blk intercostal, single level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,029.30 | $84.08 – $1,833.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $613.54 | $98.29 – $265.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,360.68 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,109.38 | $68.36 – $2,540.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $230.44 | $68.36 – $339.08 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,016.07 | $68.36 – $2,540.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,450.44 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $907.88 – $8,018.00 |