Brace back epic lso 637 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

$2,518.78

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.

$4,968.00

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.

$840.40 with California Health & Wellness vs $3,820.00 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 $840.40 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $955.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $955.00 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,406.60 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Options $2,406.60 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $2,559.40 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,826.80 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,865.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,056.00 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,056.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,285.20 ↑ +30%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $3,438.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,476.20 ↑ +38%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $3,705.40 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,743.60 ↑ +49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,820.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,820.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,820.00 ↑ +52%

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Brace back epic lso 637 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,055.23 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,244.20 $890.84 – $2,848.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,139.55 $552.33 – $2,848.86
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,788.93 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,561.36 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,561.36 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,055.23 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,624.88 not published

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