Change of ureter tube/stent 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

$2,127.38

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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.

$4,196.00

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.

$102.75 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,310.00 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

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 $102.75 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $168.68 ↓ -92%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $277.86 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,602.84 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3,066.00 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,356.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $3,356.80 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,739.00 ↑ +76%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $3,776.40 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4,070.12 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $4,112.08 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,112.08 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,196.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options $4,196.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,310.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,310.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,310.00 ↑ +150%

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Change of ureter tube/stent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,881.65 $63.59 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,517.50 $51.70 – $5,764.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,305.75 $51.70 – $5,764.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,137.71 $51.70 – $4,609.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,058.51 $51.70 – $4,431.11
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,190.41 $51.70 – $3,401.16
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,834.40 $2,238.00 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,636.80 $2,285.30 – $5,171.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →