Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$165.29

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.

$326.00

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.

$2.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $5.00 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 $2.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4.00 ↓ -98%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.60 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4.85 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.90 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -97%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.41 $1.35 – $25.76
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.78 $1.64 – $14.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $257.04 $9.52 – $79.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $206.73 $2.50 – $25.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.23 $9.71 – $23.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $189.34 $1.35 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $80.14 $2.50 – $27.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $79.28 $2.50 – $27.90

All California hospitals for this procedure →