Acid perfusion of esophagus at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,108.32
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.
$5,084.00
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.
$46.43 with United vs $17,030.00 with Aetna — 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 | $46.43 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $46.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $109.92 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $110.19 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $110.28 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $161.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.75 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.75 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $199.58 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.55 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $657.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $697.26 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $718.18 | ↓ -35% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $766.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,045.89 | ↓ -6% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,779.40 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,084.44 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,660.48 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,813.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,016.36 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,067.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,067.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,084.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1437% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1437% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1437% |
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Acid perfusion of esophagus at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,464.20 | $46.43 – $4,219.72 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $1,393.02 | $46.43 – $4,219.72 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,977.68 | $46.43 – $4,168.88 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $1,393.02 | $46.43 – $5,084.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $63.48 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $80.22 – $3,331.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $90.97 – $3,331.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $36.29 – $502.77 |