Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte 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

$160.04

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.

$205.70

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.

$73.91 with California Health & Wellness vs $142.12 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $73.91 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $96.65 ↓ -40%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $100.98 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $116.49 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $116.54 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $116.54 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $119.39 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|HMO $122.23 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $123.65 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $123.65 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $123.65 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $125.07 ↓ -22%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $132.18 ↓ -17%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $139.28 ↓ -13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $139.28 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $142.12 ↓ -11%

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Mayo chrcb tissue culture non-neoplastic disorders lymphocyte at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.89 $41.85 – $309.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $118.36 $23.30 – $166.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $161.93 $114.16 – $807.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $166.92 $60.00 – $300.15
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $137.00 $9.21 – $15.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $152.88 $32.40 – $352.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $81.25 $74.06 – $334.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $80.38 $74.06 – $334.76

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