Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,348.55
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.
$6,186.00
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.
$184.29 with United vs $14,393.00 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 | $184.29 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $184.29 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $190.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $202.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $346.47 | ↓ -74% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.55 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.55 | ↓ -68% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $792.45 | ↓ -41% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,017.25 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,020.74 | ↓ -24% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,453.55 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,702.73 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,007.80 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,193.03 | ↑ +63% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,342.08 | ↑ +74% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,990.16 | ↑ +122% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,114.75 | ↑ +131% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,193.74 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,280.87 | ↑ +143% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,322.40 | ↑ +146% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,322.40 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,153.00 | ↑ +208% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +419% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +419% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +489% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | ↑ +529% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +636% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +967% |
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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,781.57 | $184.29 – $3,446.99 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,597.83 | $278.82 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,584.27 | $304.08 – $2,943.95 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,451.59 | $184.29 – $5,164.60 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $307.70 | $119.52 – $452.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,245.38 | $184.29 – $4,883.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,632.78 | $184.29 – $3,520.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,728.21 | $184.29 – $3,476.79 |