Below knee total contact 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

$676.34

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.

$1,334.00

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.

$293.48 with California Health & Wellness vs $1,334.00 with Aetna — 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 $293.48 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $333.50 ↓ -51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $333.50 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $840.42 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Options $840.42 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|HMO $893.78 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $987.16 ↑ +46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,000.50 ↑ +48%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,067.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,067.20 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,147.24 ↑ +70%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,200.60 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,213.94 ↑ +79%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,293.98 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,307.32 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,334.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,334.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,334.00 ↑ +97%

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Below knee total contact at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,262.70 $389.52 – $1,590.54
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $854.10 $353.08 – $1,460.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $926.65 $254.00 – $1,765.40
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $842.61 $266.70 – $1,765.40
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $702.53 $40.00 – $1,493.53
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $717.62 $254.00 – $1,765.40
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $779.06 $280.14 – $1,334.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $469.72 – $868.98

All California hospitals for this procedure →