Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,239.12
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.
$5,684.00
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.
$81.18 with United vs $8,480.00 with Health Net — 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 | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $81.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $126.02 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $132.99 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.76 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.79 | ↓ -84% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $436.32 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $606.59 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,890.00 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,007.80 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,129.16 | ↑ +72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,193.03 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,214.00 | ↑ +79% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,342.08 | ↑ +89% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,193.74 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +193% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,888.00 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,050.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,266.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,320.00 | ↑ +249% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,320.00 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | ↑ +271% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +304% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +304% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,400.00 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +431% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | ↑ +584% |
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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,637.00 | $81.18 – $4,482.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $946.96 | $99.85 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,040.87 | $116.72 – $1,289.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,163.12 | $81.18 – $3,615.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,655.34 | $81.18 – $2,175.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,842.40 | $81.18 – $3,466.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,941.45 | $81.18 – $1,884.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,920.52 | $81.18 – $1,884.00 |