Bivalirudin 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

$991.90

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.

$4,550.00

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.

$0.16 with Hill Physicians vs $345.60 with MultiPlan — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $0.16 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.26 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.26 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.26 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.31 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.31 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.31 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $0.35 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $0.36 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.36 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.36 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $0.36 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.36 ↓ -100%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $0.45 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.47 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.49 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.69 ↓ -100%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.92 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.71 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.53 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $177.12 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $311.04 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $324.00 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $341.28 ↓ -66%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $345.60 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $345.60 ↓ -65%

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Bivalirudin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,310.40 $0.16 – $358.56
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $0.26 – $2,340.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,867.65 $0.26 – $59.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,458.22 $0.26 – $59.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,679.52 $0.19 – $156.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,661.41 $0.25 – $154.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,428.61 $0.31 – $2.24
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,428.61 $0.32 – $2.67

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