Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$508.60
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.
$2,333.00
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.
$48.09 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $48.09 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.55 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.55 | ↓ -81% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $121.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $158.18 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $159.87 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $246.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $246.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $361.80 | ↓ -29% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $816.55 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $871.89 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $924.59 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $952.33 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $956.53 | ↑ +88% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,017.05 | ↑ +100% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,386.88 | ↑ +173% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,679.76 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,749.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,843.07 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,866.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,866.40 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,333.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +551% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +614% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +792% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +883% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +883% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +883% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +1101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +1194% |
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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $671.91 | $48.09 – $1,936.39 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $525.65 | $138.83 – $976.79 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,313.76 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $757.14 | $96.55 – $1,733.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,166.17 | $30.27 – $114.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $776.16 | $96.55 – $1,848.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $617.35 | $96.55 – $1,331.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $610.69 | $96.55 – $1,314.56 |