Burr hole implant ventricular cath/other device 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

$4,704.96

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.

$9,280.00

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.

$639.37 with BCBS - Anthem vs $20,921.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $639.37 ↓ -86%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $832.39 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,729.11 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,424.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,424.00 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $8,352.00 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $9,001.60 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,094.40 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|HMO $9,094.40 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Options $9,280.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,280.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $17,155.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,538.00 ↑ +273%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,538.00 ↑ +273%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,538.00 ↑ +273%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20,921.00 ↑ +345%

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Burr hole implant ventricular cath/other device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,050.02 $1,921.00 – $6,619.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,987.38 $402.12 – $8,058.60
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $9,207.54 $5,592.00 – $10,593.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $10,365.75 $5,835.00 – $11,046.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $3,478.20 $2,335.00 – $2,335.00
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $11,413.80 $5,981.00 – $11,059.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,292.32 $402.12 – $6,549.48
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $12,428.19 $2,238.00 – $9,773.00

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