Brace afo spiral prefab 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

$1,489.57

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.

$2,938.00

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.

$496.98 with California Health & Wellness vs $2,259.00 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 $496.98 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $564.75 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $564.75 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,423.17 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options $1,423.17 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $1,513.53 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,671.66 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,694.25 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,807.20 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,807.20 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,942.74 ↑ +30%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $2,033.10 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,055.69 ↑ +38%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $2,191.23 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,213.82 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,259.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,259.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,259.00 ↑ +52%

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Brace afo spiral prefab at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,654.77 $697.20 – $2,265.90
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $2,782.13 $660.00 – $2,695.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $2,040.35 $475.14 – $2,805.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,855.30 $527.93 – $2,805.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,546.87 $40.00 – $2,776.95
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $1,580.09 $527.93 – $2,639.65
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $1,715.80 $474.39 – $2,259.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $1,007.37 – $1,863.63

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