Bln 1.2 mono emrg 15x1.2 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

$6,501.85

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.

$29,825.00

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.

$44.85 with Kaiser vs $185.25 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.85 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $44.85 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $44.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $46.80 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $48.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $50.70 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $54.60 ↓ -99%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $54.60 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $70.20 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $78.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.35 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $105.30 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $124.80 ↓ -98%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $126.75 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $128.70 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $134.55 ↓ -98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $140.40 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $146.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $148.20 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $154.05 ↓ -98%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $156.00 ↓ -98%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $156.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $157.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $173.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $173.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $173.55 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $175.50 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $175.50 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $177.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $185.25 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $185.25 ↓ -97%

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Bln 1.2 mono emrg 15x1.2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $8,589.60 $44.85 – $175.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,399.88 $71.82 – $207.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $14,621.70 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $80.73 – $343.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $66.69 – $343.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $73.75 – $265.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50,383.60 $73.75 – $286.15
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $14,621.70 not published

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