Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-2 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

$181.92

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.

$233.82

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.

$30.66 with California Health & Wellness vs $58.96 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 $30.66 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.19 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $40.10 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.35 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $49.53 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $50.71 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $51.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $51.30 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $51.30 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.89 ↓ -71%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $54.84 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $57.79 ↓ -68%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $57.79 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $58.96 ↓ -68%

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Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $25.83 $15.92 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.18 $7.02 – $69.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $25.24 $29.48 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.27 $31.92 – $57.79
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.12 $15.92 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.88 $29.48 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.64 $29.48 – $100.84
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $33.67 $5.90 – $47.17

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