Anterior thoracic extension at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$276.86
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.
$1,270.00
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.
$200.26 with United vs $1,206.50 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 | $200.26 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $200.26 | ↓ -28% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $220.29 | ↓ -20% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $262.47 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $292.10 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $292.10 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $292.10 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $304.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $317.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $355.60 | ↑ +28% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $355.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $457.20 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $508.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $673.10 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $685.80 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $812.80 | ↑ +194% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $825.50 | ↑ +198% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $838.20 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $876.30 | ↑ +217% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $914.40 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $952.50 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $965.20 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1,003.30 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,016.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,016.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,028.70 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,130.30 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,130.30 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,130.30 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,143.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,143.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,155.70 | ↑ +317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,206.50 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,206.50 | ↑ +336% |
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Anterior thoracic extension at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $365.76 | $200.26 – $1,143.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $347.98 | $139.70 – $1,079.50 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $494.03 | $139.70 – $1,219.20 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $347.98 | $139.70 – $1,270.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $339.44 – $627.96 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $339.44 – $627.96 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $288.52 – $627.96 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $339.44 – $627.96 |