Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report 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

$93.80

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.

$185.00

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.

$75.47 with Kaiser vs $21,083.00 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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.47 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $88.94 ↓ -5%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $115.80 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $140.60 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $148.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $148.00 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $166.50 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $170.20 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $179.45 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $181.30 ↑ +93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $185.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,783.00 ↑ +22057%
United Commercial|Options $20,783.00 ↑ +22057%
United Commercial|HMO $21,083.00 ↑ +22377%

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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.40 $56.78 – $221.52
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $550.93 $11.88 – $739.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $431.43 $55.94 – $858.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $434.34 $55.94 – $987.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $345.78 $55.94 – $745.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $342.05 $55.94 – $736.28
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,517.25 $83.76 – $776.89
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $904.74 $75.87 – $881.00

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