Ghs nerve block interscaline 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

$1,656.37

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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.

$2,129.00

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.

$118.37 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,086.42 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $118.37 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $243.69 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $374.27 ↓ -77%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $510.96 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,362.56 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,681.91 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,745.78 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,745.78 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $1,830.94 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,852.23 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,852.23 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,852.23 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,873.52 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,979.97 ↑ +20%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $2,086.42 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,086.42 ↑ +26%

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Ghs nerve block interscaline at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $938.64 $85.64 – $2,138.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,009.54 $100.12 – $332.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,725.84 $1,191.92 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $892.81 $69.63 – $2,044.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,631.70 $40.88 – $154.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $817.72 $69.63 – $2,044.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $955.70 $69.63 – $2,060.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $945.40 $69.63 – $2,035.04

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