Histochemical stains add-on at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$272.62
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.
$350.40
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.
$6.00 with Humana vs $25.00 with Partnership Health Plan — 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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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $6.00 | ↓ -98% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $17.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $20.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.00 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $21.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $21.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $21.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $23.25 | ↓ -91% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $24.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $24.50 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.00 | ↓ -91% |
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Histochemical stains add-on at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $63.27 | $24.58 – $93.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $113.58 | $7.00 – $227.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $112.35 | $7.00 – $227.73 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $43.76 | $7.30 – $58.40 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $90.00 | $15.33 – $464.21 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $39.46 | $43.80 – $73.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $117.74 | $62.01 – $422.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $88.29 | $44.22 – $66.00 |