Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Mercy Medical Center Redding
2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535
$430.95
Cash price 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.
$850.00
Gross charge 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.
$84.06 with BCBS - Anthem vs $18,269.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.06 | ↓ -80% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.01 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $227.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $375.07 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $651.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $651.20 | ↑ +51% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $732.60 | ↑ +70% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $789.58 | ↑ +83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $797.72 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $797.72 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $814.00 | ↑ +89% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $814.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,310.00 | ↑ +1132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,310.00 | ↑ +1132% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,310.00 | ↑ +1132% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $14,981.00 | ↑ +3376% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,269.00 | ↑ +4139% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $610.88 | $74.62 – $761.28 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,340.16 | $87.24 – $1,241.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,254.71 | $413.65 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,555.78 | $60.67 – $3,229.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $536.13 | $41.91 – $158.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,291.64 | $60.67 – $876.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $323.15 | $60.67 – $696.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $319.66 | $60.67 – $688.09 |