Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$655.56

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.

$1,293.00

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.

$277.03 with Partnership Health Plan vs $23,044.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $277.03 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $440.48 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $504.26 ↓ -23%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $573.45 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $987.20 ↑ +51%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $987.20 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Exchange $999.54 ↑ +52%
Coventry Commercial|All Plans $1,110.60 ↑ +69%
Health Net Commercial|All Plans $1,196.98 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,209.32 ↑ +84%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,221.66 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Options $21,817.00 ↑ +3228%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21,817.00 ↑ +3228%
United Commercial|HMO $23,044.00 ↑ +3415%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.72 $151.47 – $993.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $98.43 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,623.41 $277.03 – $3,717.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,486.86 $277.03 – $3,717.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $943.83 $277.03 – $2,035.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $933.65 $277.03 – $2,009.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $170.34 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $170.34 not published

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