Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc lum 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.
$1,290.64 with United vs $36,249.54 with Prison Healthcare — 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 | $1,290.64 | — |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,290.64 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,546.61 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,601.21 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,114.47 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,237.95 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,065.27 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,720.04 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,720.04 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,937.18 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $12,309.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14,901.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14,901.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14,901.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $19,246.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $22,699.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $22,788.88 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,057.00 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24,166.36 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $24,166.36 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $24,166.36 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24,166.36 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24,166.36 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $24,166.36 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $24,166.36 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $24,891.35 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $26,583.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $34,883.00 | — |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $36,249.54 | — |
| 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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Arthrd pst tq 1ntrspc lum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | not published | $1,290.64 – $24,166.36 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,587.49 – $46,732.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $2,937.00 – $36,566.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $1,290.64 – $23,366.40 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $1,290.64 – $1,290.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $1,290.64 – $23,366.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $1,290.64 – $23,366.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $1,290.64 – $23,366.40 |