Drop lock retainer each at Mercy Medical Center Redding
2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535
$61.35
Cash price 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.
$121.00
Gross charge 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.
$25.42 with BCBS - Anthem vs $121.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.42 | ↓ -59% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.25 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.23 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $76.23 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $81.07 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $89.54 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $90.75 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $96.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.06 | ↑ +70% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $108.90 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.11 | ↑ +79% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $117.37 | ↑ +91% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $118.58 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $121.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $121.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $121.00 | ↑ +97% |
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Drop lock retainer each at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $114.37 | $21.75 – $144.06 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $70.67 | $22.87 – $118.58 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $48.56 – $89.84 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $48.56 – $89.84 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $41.28 – $89.84 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $48.56 – $89.84 |
| Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro | San Pedro | not published | $48.56 – $89.84 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | not published | $48.56 – $89.84 |