Biotinidase - quest 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

$14.90

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.

$29.37

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.

$11.75 with Blue Shield CA vs $29.37 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.75 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.86 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.28 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $20.24 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.24 ↑ +36%
United Commercial|Options $20.24 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $22.33 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $23.50 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.50 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $26.44 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $27.03 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $28.49 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.79 ↑ +93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.37 ↑ +97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $29.37 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.37 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.37 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.37 ↑ +97%

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Biotinidase - quest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.27 $3.37 – $22.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.58 $14.69 – $43.49
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.52 $7.93 – $51.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.17 $11.00 – $48.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.08 $11.00 – $48.50
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $10.85 $1.90 – $15.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6.18 $3.84 – $18.25
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $22.85 $13.86 – $28.79

All California hospitals for this procedure →