Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

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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.

$59.62 with California Health & Wellness vs $271.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $59.62 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $67.75 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $67.75 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $170.73 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options $170.73 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $181.57 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $200.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $203.25 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $216.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $216.80 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $233.06 ↓ -84%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $243.90 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $246.61 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $262.87 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $265.58 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $271.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $271.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $271.00 ↓ -82%

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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,272.39 $535.68 – $1,740.96
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $485.78 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $256.38 $101.50 – $203.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $233.77 $90.81 – $351.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $38.57 – $203.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,198.33 $97.50 – $390.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,185.41 $97.50 – $390.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $485.78 not published

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