Inj, vancomycin hcl (xellia) 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

$392.12

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.

$504.00

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.

$52.56 with United vs $214.62 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.

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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
United Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $52.56 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $113.88 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $179.58 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $179.58 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $188.34 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $190.53 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $190.53 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $190.53 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $192.72 ↓ -51%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $203.67 ↓ -48%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $214.62 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $214.62 ↓ -45%

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Inj, vancomycin hcl (xellia) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $106.48 $28.80 – $72.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $45.00 – $178.20
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.45 $11.02 – $14.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.45 $13.14 – $14.06
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $43.22 $22.88 – $88.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $186.38 $17.80 – $89.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $149.33 $50.47 – $100.94
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $84.18 $7.82 – $28.37

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