Incision of windpipe at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$13,138.09
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.
$16,887.00
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.
$640.57 with BCBS - Anthem vs $16,549.26 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 | $640.57 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,318.66 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,025.36 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,052.88 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $10,807.68 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,340.73 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,847.34 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $13,847.34 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14,522.82 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,691.69 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,691.69 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,691.69 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,860.56 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $15,704.91 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $16,549.26 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16,549.26 | ↑ +26% |
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Incision of windpipe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $9,151.20 | $376.81 – $25,438.42 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $10,529.40 | $376.81 – $18,933.60 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $5,293.68 | $376.81 – $15,272.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $8,561.71 | $748.91 – $16,549.26 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $4,211.76 | $376.81 – $14,720.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $7,515.48 | $376.81 – $15,088.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $5,293.68 | $376.81 – $18,400.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $5,564.16 | $376.81 – $15,272.00 |