X-ray surgical specimen at Mercy Medical Center Redding
2175 Roseline Ave, Redding, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477671535
$1,098.17
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.
$2,166.00
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.
$42.99 with California Health & Wellness vs $2,122.68 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.
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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| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $52.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $52.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $52.87 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $89.31 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $134.08 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $163.53 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $696.67 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,086.50 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $1,086.50 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,086.50 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,732.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1,732.80 | ↑ +58% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $1,949.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Plans | $2,101.02 | ↑ +91% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,122.68 | ↑ +93% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,383.20 | $731.00 – $731.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $542.69 | $31.43 – $2,339.15 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,383.20 | $731.00 – $731.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,383.20 | $731.00 – $731.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,383.20 | $731.00 – $731.00 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,222.00 | $498.00 – $498.00 |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $1,222.00 | $498.00 – $498.00 |
| Fremont Medical Center | FREMONT | $1,383.20 | $731.00 – $731.00 |