Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Mercy Medical Center Redding

2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$57.30

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.

$113.00

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.

$3.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $7.50 with Aetna — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.00 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.90 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.02 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $5.70 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $5.94 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.94 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options $5.94 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.00 ↓ -90%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $6.75 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.90 ↓ -88%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $7.28 ↓ -87%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7.50 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $7.50 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.50 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.50 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7.50 ↓ -87%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $75.34 $2.03 – $13.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $24.41 $0.99 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $109.14 $4.85 – $40.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.46 $3.75 – $12.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $51.29 $4.95 – $11.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $79.19 $2.03 – $15.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $76.43 $3.54 – $14.24
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $75.61 $3.54 – $14.24

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