ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$418.79

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.

$826.00

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.

$34.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,584.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $34.61 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $45.06 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $93.63 ↓ -78%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $111.88 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $495.60 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $520.38 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $520.38 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $520.38 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $627.76 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $660.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $660.80 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $743.40 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $801.22 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $809.48 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $1,147.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,399.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,261.00 ↑ +1156%
United Commercial|Options $5,261.00 ↑ +1156%
United Commercial|HMO $5,584.00 ↑ +1233%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $370.99 $27.95 – $694.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $311.68 $17.06 – $331.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $587.01 $113.64 – $115.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $350.54 $21.77 – $743.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $262.41 $16.04 – $60.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $335.56 $21.77 – $838.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $176.60 $21.77 – $334.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $174.70 $21.77 – $390.32

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