Mgmt promoter methylation analysis 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

$248.96

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.

$320.00

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.

$124.64 with Humana vs $313.60 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.

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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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $124.64 ↓ -50%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $166.40 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $169.51 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $217.60 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $262.40 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $262.40 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $268.80 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $275.20 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $278.40 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $278.40 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $278.40 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $281.60 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $297.60 ↑ +20%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $313.60 ↑ +26%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $313.60 ↑ +26%

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Mgmt promoter methylation analysis at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $276.32 $124.64 – $313.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $253.08 $86.40 – $313.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $259.70 $124.64 – $324.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $256.90 $124.64 – $320.74
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $205.80 $85.26 – $332.92
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $174.40 $124.64 – $313.60
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $147.79 $112.88 – $390.12
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $267.03 $80.00 – $623.20

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