Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph 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

$398.00

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.

$785.00

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.

$30.82 with United vs $767.34 with MultiPlan — 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
United Commercial|HMO $30.82 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.82 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options $30.82 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.03 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $43.48 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $43.48 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $53.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $64.73 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $626.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $626.40 ↑ +57%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $704.70 ↑ +77%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $759.51 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $767.34 ↑ +93%

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Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $350.20 $25.05 – $638.26
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $496.86 $18.24 – $1,119.30
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $201.03 $18.23 – $577.68
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $585.76 $33.30 – $980.98
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance $121.87 $28.99 – $126.51
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $37.45 – $40.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $37.45 – $41.73
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $37.18 – $49.78

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