Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm 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

$402.56

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$794.00

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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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$163.87 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9,359.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $163.87 ↓ -59%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $269.04 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $443.17 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $635.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $635.20 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $714.60 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $770.18 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|HMO $778.12 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $778.12 ↑ +93%
United Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options $794.00 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $794.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,310.00 ↑ +1219%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,310.00 ↑ +1219%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,310.00 ↑ +1219%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $7,674.00 ↑ +1806%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,359.00 ↑ +2225%

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Excision benign lesion trunk/arms/legs 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,313.76 $954.29 – $2,695.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $281.06 $78.39 – $296.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $513.44 $82.45 – $1,105.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,461.15 $1,005.45 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,469.82 $910.78 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,628.43 $954.10 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,012.86 $3,331.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,406.07 $985.34 – $4,042.00

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