Ablation cryo abd perit om at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,369.26

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.

$6,281.00

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.

$220.15 with Western Health Advantage vs $7,197.00 with Health Net — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $220.15 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $257.89 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $314.50 ↓ -77%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $314.50 ↓ -77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $452.88 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $471.75 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $496.91 ↓ -64%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $503.20 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $503.20 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $593.15 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $629.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $629.00 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $629.00 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $629.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $629.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $647.87 ↓ -53%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $691.90 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,232.05 ↓ -10%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -10%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,545.00 ↑ +13%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,848.08 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,504.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,902.00 ↑ +185%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,197.00 ↑ +426%

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,808.93 $220.15 – $629.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,104.84 $723.33 – $2,143.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,092.93 $723.33 – $2,116.41
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $884.36 $306.60 – $1,330.21
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,205.44 $991.55 – $7,908.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,448.70 $928.29 – $2,784.87
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,441.80 $1,089.36 – $4,031.69
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $1,038.72 $856.29 – $3,723.00

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