Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

$496.36

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$979.00

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.

$222.36 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,310.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $222.36 ↓ -55%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $231.59 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
United Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $386.50 ↓ -22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $601.36 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $783.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $783.20 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $881.10 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $949.63 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $959.42 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $959.42 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Options $979.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $979.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,066.00 ↑ +518%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,739.00 ↑ +653%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,310.00 ↑ +970%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,310.00 ↑ +970%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,310.00 ↑ +970%

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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $956.30 $60.84 – $1,777.04
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $918.04 $190.20 – $1,156.40
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $466.35 $111.88 – $1,412.66
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $371.04 $111.88 – $1,361.60
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $662.08 $111.88 – $1,395.64
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $466.35 $111.88 – $1,702.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $490.18 $111.88 – $1,412.66
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $705.48 $199.99 – $1,183.84

All California hospitals for this procedure →