Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$821.85

Cash price

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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.

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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$1,621.00

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.

$185.82 with BCBS - Anthem vs $1,588.58 with MultiPlan — 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
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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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $185.82 ↓ -77%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $241.92 ↓ -71%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $502.56 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $605.99 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $651.38 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $651.38 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $651.38 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $696.67 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $739.11 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $1,086.50 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,086.50 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Options $1,086.50 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,296.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,296.80 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,458.90 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,572.37 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,588.58 ↑ +93%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,286.14 $116.87 – $2,832.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,066.27 $116.87 – $4,511.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,030.96 $116.87 – $2,670.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $591.38 $116.87 – $2,533.41
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $585.00 $116.87 – $2,533.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,147.38 $116.87 – $5,989.28
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,462.56 $597.36 – $1,300.14
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $828.57 $158.94 – $1,043.70

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