Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil 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

$348.55

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.

$448.00

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.

$107.52 with Humana vs $439.04 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 $107.52 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $107.52 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $109.87 ↓ -68%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $226.17 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $286.72 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $347.40 ↓ -0%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $353.92 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $367.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $367.36 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|HMO $385.28 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $389.76 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $389.76 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $389.76 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $394.24 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $416.64 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $439.04 ↑ +26%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $439.04 ↑ +26%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $242.66 $114.03 – $432.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $885.06 $113.98 – $269.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $420.73 $92.71 – $963.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $199.80 $77.61 – $294.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $385.34 $92.71 – $796.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $432.59 $92.71 – $1,037.74
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,496.27 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $326.64 $80.79 – $933.24

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