Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection 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

$893.15

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.

$1,148.00

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.

$108.24 with Humana vs $441.98 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 $108.24 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $108.24 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $143.26 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $181.56 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $234.52 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $288.64 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $356.29 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $369.82 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $369.82 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|HMO $387.86 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $392.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $392.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $392.37 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $396.88 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $419.43 ↓ -53%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $441.98 ↓ -51%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $441.98 ↓ -51%

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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.84 $76.48 – $246.41
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $428.86 $67.50 – $150.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $392.79 $40.50 – $150.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $242.27 $27.60 – $143.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $239.66 $27.60 – $69.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $430.74 $77.49 – $308.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $430.74 $92.44 – $308.01
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $156.71 $17.94 – $473.04

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