Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$263.67

Cash price

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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.

$338.90

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.

$43.34 with California Health & Wellness vs $82.69 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $43.34 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $43.58 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $49.03 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $56.67 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.34 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $70.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $71.67 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $72.50 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $72.50 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $72.50 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $73.34 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $77.50 ↓ -71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.67 ↓ -69%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $81.67 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $82.69 ↓ -69%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $98.74 $9.81 – $150.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $243.96 $23.75 – $126.33
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.50 $45.11 – $81.67
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $223.44 $12.83 – $148.51
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $123.36 $20.86 – $170.70
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $171.83 $33.34 – $83.33
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $197.92 $40.84 – $83.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $48.05 – $400.14

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