Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 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

$915.14

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,805.00

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.

$486.54 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,359.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $486.54 ↓ -47%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $798.77 ↓ -13%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,315.80 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,444.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,444.00 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,624.50 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,750.85 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $1,768.90 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,768.90 ↑ +93%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,805.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,357.00 ↑ +595%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,357.00 ↑ +595%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,357.00 ↑ +595%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,674.00 ↑ +739%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,359.00 ↑ +923%

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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,171.22 $301.10 – $4,012.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,554.30 $2,398.61 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $856.00 $244.80 – $2,000.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,402.60 $244.80 – $1,586.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $784.00 $244.80 – $2,000.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,290.71 $244.80 – $2,783.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,276.80 $244.80 – $2,748.41
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,790.65 $2,527.21 – $9,858.00

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