Lead capillary 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

$5.85

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.

$11.52

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.

$2.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $5.00 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
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.00 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.60 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.80 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.00 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $4.00 ↓ -32%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $4.50 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.60 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $4.85 ↓ -17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.90 ↓ -16%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Options $5.00 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $5.00 ↓ -15%

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Lead capillary at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.06 $1.35 – $32.13
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $2.42 – $17.54
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $52.02 $11.87 – $98.81
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.06 $2.50 – $31.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $20.65 $2.71 – $5.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.63 $1.35 – $36.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.89 $2.50 – $34.79
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.81 $2.50 – $34.79

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