Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$2,281.50

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.

$4,500.00

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.

$3.80 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,732.24 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $3.80 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.63 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $64.97 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $79.62 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $80.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $103.30 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $111.41 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $111.41 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options $111.41 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $134.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,230.40 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,230.40 ↓ -2%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $2,509.20 ↑ +10%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $2,704.36 ↑ +19%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,732.24 ↑ +20%

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $238.48 $2.97 – $145.17
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,958.72 $3.65 – $145.17
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,732.59 $5.47 – $4,500.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $458.86 $7.69 – $145.17
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $260.36 $7.71 – $145.17
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $208.81 $3.70 – $145.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $150.12 $3.61 – $145.17
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $1,841.28 $3.54 – $125.32

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