Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right 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

$429.43

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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.

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.

$847.00

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.

$86.59 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,359.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $86.59 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $142.19 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $234.20 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $244.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $244.00 ↓ -43%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $274.50 ↓ -36%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $295.85 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $298.90 ↓ -30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $298.90 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Options $305.00 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $305.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,310.00 ↑ +1137%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,310.00 ↑ +1137%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,310.00 ↑ +1137%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,674.00 ↑ +1687%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,359.00 ↑ +2079%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,106.83 $53.59 – $682.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $302.24 $82.73 – $374.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,317.84 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,673.06 $43.57 – $1,034.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $861.14 $27.17 – $102.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,532.33 $43.57 – $876.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $313.50 $43.57 – $676.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $43.57 – $667.55

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