Apply rigid leg cast 29445 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

$170.92

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.

$784.00

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.

$99.81 with Hill Physicians vs $6,582.00 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.

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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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $99.81 ↓ -42%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $135.74 ↓ -21%
United Medicaid|< 21 $156.79 ↓ -8%
United Medicaid|> 21 $156.79 ↓ -8%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $256.86 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $271.88 ↑ +59%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $274.40 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $321.44 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $329.11 ↑ +93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $349.00 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $349.00 ↑ +104%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $349.00 ↑ +104%
United Medicare|All Plans $349.00 ↑ +104%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $349.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $349.00 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $349.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $359.47 ↑ +110%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $372.36 ↑ +118%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $383.90 ↑ +125%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $523.50 ↑ +206%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $564.48 ↑ +230%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $573.41 ↑ +235%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $573.41 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $588.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $619.36 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $627.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $627.20 ↑ +267%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $784.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $784.00 ↑ +359%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +1545%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +2024%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +2556%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +2932%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +3751%

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Apply rigid leg cast 29445 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $225.80 $99.81 – $784.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $281.37 $183.06 – $602.18
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $322.23 $156.79 – $693.62
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $353.94 $376.84 – $721.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $575.04 $305.77 – $1,597.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $403.30 $156.79 – $725.20
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $196.00 $203.00 – $1,287.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $327.60 $202.00 – $1,311.00

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