Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$450.73

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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.

$889.00

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.

$86.43 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
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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 $86.43 ↓ -81%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $141.90 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $233.75 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $375.07 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $401.60 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $401.60 ↓ -11%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $451.80 ↑ +0%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $486.94 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $491.96 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $491.96 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $502.00 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Options $502.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,310.00 ↑ +1078%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,310.00 ↑ +1078%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,310.00 ↑ +1078%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,674.00 ↑ +1603%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,359.00 ↑ +1976%

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $491.88 $76.73 – $875.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $550.80 $413.65 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $480.22 $62.38 – $1,099.56
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $68.60 $21.99 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $356.33 $62.38 – $890.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.84 $62.38 – $375.07
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $335.81 $62.38 – $375.07
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $612.51 $435.83 – $6,200.00

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