Artery x-rays lung 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

$3,107.91

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.

$6,130.00

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.

$364.53 with California Health & Wellness vs $6,130.00 with United — 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 $364.53 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $588.70 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $757.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $801.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $801.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $801.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,973.34 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $3,999.21 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,846.18 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4,904.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,904.00 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $5,517.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $5,946.10 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,007.40 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Options $6,130.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|HMO $6,130.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,130.00 ↑ +97%

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Artery x-rays lung at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,672.73 $266.42 – $13,858.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,143.71 $176.10 – $13,457.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,711.06 $176.10 – $15,820.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,223.93 $176.10 – $15,009.21
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,210.74 $176.10 – $15,009.21
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,944.23 $176.10 – $6,313.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $4,627.23 $1,173.40 – $4,393.52
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,535.68 $956.57 – $7,512.94

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