Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
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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.
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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.
$416.98 with United vs $27,257.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $416.98 | — |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $416.98 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $446.56 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $458.68 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $783.92 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $792.26 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $967.39 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $967.39 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,793.01 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,384.00 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $7,398.99 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,775.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $12,901.54 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $13,681.38 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $13,681.38 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $13,681.38 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $14,091.82 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $15,038.00 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $15,049.52 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,798.00 | — |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $20,522.07 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $22,349.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,349.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $22,349.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27,257.00 | — |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | not published | $416.98 – $13,681.38 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,867.01 | $630.85 – $13,228.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $8,156.83 | $416.98 – $18,676.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,470.74 | $416.98 – $18,676.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $6,213.88 | $416.98 – $13,399.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,146.89 | $416.98 – $13,231.71 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,040.88 | $416.98 – $15,772.68 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $10,138.08 | $10,791.00 – $16,652.00 |