Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm 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

$3,617.70

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.

$4,650.00

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.

$175.45 with Partnership Health Plan vs $2,070.74 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $175.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $238.61 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $389.50 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $507.12 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,352.32 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,669.27 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,732.66 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,732.66 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $1,817.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,838.31 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,838.31 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,838.31 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,859.44 ↓ -49%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,965.09 ↓ -46%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $2,070.74 ↓ -43%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,070.74 ↓ -43%

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Membrane affinity fresh amniotic 2.5x2.5cm -cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $265.43 – $1,740.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,683.22 $167.70 – $809.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $175.45 – $4,815.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $175.45 – $4,815.72
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,448.62 $176.69 – $875.87
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,856.26 $160.06 – $1,044.76
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,346.00 $167.67 – $2,063.13
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,856.26 $470.35 – $1,047.32

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