Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$2,173.01

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.

$4,286.00

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.

$339.64 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,359.00 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 $339.64 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $557.62 ↓ -74%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $918.53 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,058.68 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,428.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,428.80 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $3,857.40 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4,157.42 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,200.28 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|HMO $4,200.28 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,286.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options $4,286.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,357.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,357.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,357.00 ↑ +193%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,674.00 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,359.00 ↑ +331%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,779.55 $210.19 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,756.32 $170.89 – $6,121.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,587.41 $170.89 – $1,665.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,347.69 $170.89 – $4,480.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,047.55 $170.89 – $4,415.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,025.48 $170.89 – $4,360.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,972.17 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,381.01 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00

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