Brach/thor cath addl 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

$135.88

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.

$268.00

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.

$98.50 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,357.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $98.50 ↓ -28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $161.71 ↑ +19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $214.40 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $214.40 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $241.20 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $259.96 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $262.64 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $262.64 ↑ +93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $266.39 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $268.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options $268.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,066.00 ↑ +2156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,739.00 ↑ +2652%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,357.00 ↑ +4578%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,357.00 ↑ +4578%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,357.00 ↑ +4578%

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Brach/thor cath addl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $166.01 $60.96 – $295.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,304.98 $49.56 – $1,166.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,216.38 $49.56 – $1,166.20
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $197.38 $49.56 – $473.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $204.79 $49.56 – $552.42
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $584.97 $398.74 – $6,200.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $568.89 $49.56 – $406.56
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $584.97 $375.68 – $4,042.00

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