Augmentation cheek bone 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.

$676.29 with United vs $24,641.00 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 $676.29
United Medicaid|> 21 $676.29
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $770.39
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,077.61
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,107.98
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,172.68
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,606.18
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,473.28
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,473.28
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3,635.06
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6,384.00
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7,330.67
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,773.77
United Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,773.77
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $7,773.77
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $7,773.77
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $8,006.98
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $8,551.15
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $11,660.66
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11,708.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,708.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,708.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,775.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13,595.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16,994.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24,641.00
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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Augmentation cheek bone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento not published $676.29 – $7,773.77
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $831.84 – $13,402.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $4,129.00 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $676.29 – $7,516.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $676.29 – $676.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo not published $676.29 – $7,516.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield not published $676.29 – $7,516.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield not published $676.29 – $7,516.44

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