Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$157.17

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.

$310.00

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.

$44.80 with Blue Shield CA vs $112.00 with United — 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $44.80 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $58.24 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $79.61 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $85.12 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $89.60 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $89.60 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.18 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.18 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.18 ↓ -36%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $103.04 ↓ -34%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -31%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $109.76 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $112.00 ↓ -29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $112.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Options $112.00 ↓ -29%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $126.59 $9.45 – $93.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $252.58 $34.27 – $354.05
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $446.25 $125.33 – $293.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $396.33 $90.93 – $672.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $341.00 $132.46 – $501.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $363.00 $106.90 – $672.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $89.04 $96.29 – $217.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $88.08 $66.09 – $217.73

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