MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$3,992.12

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.

$7,874.00

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.

$453.77 with Health Net vs $7,716.52 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
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $453.77 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $530.55 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $690.72 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Options $828.27 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,434.82 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,750.04 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,750.04 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,750.04 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $2,083.00 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,540.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $6,299.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,299.20 ↑ +58%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $7,086.60 ↑ +78%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $7,637.78 ↑ +91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,716.52 ↑ +93%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,511.10 $453.77 – $2,691.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,357.04 $71.43 – $5,624.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $9,118.80 $470.15 – $5,833.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,784.38 $333.68 – $6,585.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,816.51 $333.68 – $3,263.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,050.16 $333.68 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,513.68 $333.68 – $3,264.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,497.36 $333.68 – $3,223.20

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