MRI breast without cont bi at Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
914 Pine St, Mt Shasta, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518085430
$1,890.54
Cash price 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.
$2,430.00
Gross charge 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.
$291.14 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,381.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $291.14 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $475.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $583.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $920.50 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $1,652.40 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,992.60 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,992.60 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,041.20 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,089.80 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,114.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,114.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,114.10 | ↑ +12% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,138.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,259.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $2,381.40 | ↑ +26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,381.40 | ↑ +26% |
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MRI breast without cont bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,141.82 | $307.13 – $3,814.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,241.96 | $48.34 – $1,733.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,581.89 | $214.07 – $3,294.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $10,247.08 | $214.07 – $3,829.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,263.81 | $214.07 – $2,111.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,849.59 | $338.78 – $1,767.69 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $3,839.28 | $306.88 – $1,932.98 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,526.75 | $214.07 – $4,258.26 |