Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at Mercy Medical Center Redding
2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535
$4,284.15
Cash price 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.
$8,450.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,230.09 with BCBS - Anthem vs $8,450.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,230.09 | ↓ -71% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,601.43 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,602.84 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,066.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,326.65 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,739.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,357.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $6,357.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $6,357.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,760.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $6,760.00 | ↑ +58% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $7,605.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $8,196.50 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,281.00 | ↑ +93% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,281.00 | ↑ +93% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,450.00 | ↑ +97% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $8,450.00 | ↑ +97% |
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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,691.95 | $1,170.44 – $4,793.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,419.34 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,913.72 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,847.27 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,805.79 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,734.11 | $2,968.05 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,172.09 | $2,688.58 – $10,413.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,344.63 | $773.64 – $5,090.40 |