Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

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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.

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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.

$784.59 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.

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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 $784.59
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,288.10
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,121.83
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,492.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,492.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,492.00
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
United Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13,228.50
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $14,981.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18,269.00
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
Health Net Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,776.92 $485.55 – $12,680.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,499.10 $394.76 – $5,839.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,288.89 $394.76 – $5,839.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,389.95 $394.76 – $15,935.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,310.28 $394.76 – $15,736.01
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,438.90 $394.76 – $15,917.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,858.40 $8,912.00 – $20,774.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9,987.91 $394.76 – $19,200.06

All California hospitals for this procedure →