Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$348.55
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.
$448.00
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.
$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.
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 | $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 | $108.35 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.04 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $286.72 | ↓ -18% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $342.58 | ↓ -2% |
| 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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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $459.47 | $112.45 – $818.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $870.41 | $112.75 – $266.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $420.73 | $91.42 – $963.34 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,358.98 | $40.88 – $154.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $385.34 | $91.42 – $796.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $432.59 | $91.42 – $1,037.74 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $325.89 | $2,335.00 – $3,982.87 |