Resp virus 6-11 targets 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

$574.17

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.

$738.00

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.

$80.40 with California Health & Wellness vs $154.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $80.40 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $105.13 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $126.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.78 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $129.87 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $132.96 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $134.51 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $134.51 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $134.51 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $136.05 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $143.78 ↓ -75%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $151.51 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $151.51 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $154.59 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $154.60 ↓ -73%

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Resp virus 6-11 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.72 $41.75 – $578.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $314.15 $43.61 – $546.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $321.43 $77.30 – $561.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.97 $83.69 – $154.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $294.40 $41.75 – $660.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.36 $77.30 – $626.63
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.74 $77.30 – $626.63
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $88.28 $15.46 – $123.68

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