Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$3,415.42
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.
$4,390.00
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.
$207.71 with BCBS - Anthem vs $4,302.20 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 | $207.71 | ↓ -94% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $656.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,053.60 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $2,809.60 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,468.10 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,599.80 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $3,599.80 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,775.40 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,819.30 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,819.30 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,819.30 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,863.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $4,082.70 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $4,302.20 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,302.20 | ↑ +26% |
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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,288.99 | $150.29 – $4,076.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,826.42 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,982.50 | $122.19 – $4,539.36 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,058.98 | $2,203.03 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,732.58 | $1,995.60 – $9,008.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,415.76 | $2,090.52 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $1,770.21 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,500.47 | $122.19 – $7,144.20 |