Arthrodesis big toe joint 28760 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

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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.

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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.

$299.90 with United vs $22,008.00 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $299.90
United Medicaid|< 21 $299.90
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $491.34
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $520.04
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $593.59
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $712.27
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $825.75
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,096.80
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,096.80
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,611.99
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $7,523.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8,852.49
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9,387.58
United Medicare|All Plans $9,387.58
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9,387.58
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9,387.58
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9,387.58
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $9,387.58
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $9,387.58
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9,669.21
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10,007.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,007.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10,007.00
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10,326.34
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12,142.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $13,873.00
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $14,081.37
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15,178.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22,008.00
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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Arthrodesis big toe joint 28760 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento not published $299.90 – $9,387.58
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $368.88 – $16,602.72
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $3,632.00 – $15,313.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $299.90 – $9,076.82
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $299.90 – $299.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $299.90 – $9,076.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $299.90 – $9,076.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $299.90 – $9,076.82

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