Bone marrow imaging ltd 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

$1,051.20

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.

$4,822.00

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.

$133.76 with United vs $3,857.60 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $133.76 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $133.76 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $147.14 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $149.92 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $175.31 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $188.67 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $254.14 ↓ -76%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $310.32 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $310.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $478.47 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $478.47 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $478.47 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $497.94 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $528.04 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $528.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $543.88 ↓ -48%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $575.16 ↓ -45%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $580.84 ↓ -45%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $792.06 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $827.50 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,033.94 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,498.87 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,523.13 ↑ +45%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,687.70 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,977.02 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,030.99 ↑ +93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,471.84 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,616.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,809.38 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,857.60 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,857.60 ↑ +267%

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Bone marrow imaging ltd at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,388.74 $133.76 – $4,002.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $997.11 $80.37 – $1,441.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $705.28 $133.76 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.67 $133.76 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $526.26 $133.76 – $848.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $1,057.81 $133.76 – $884.54
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $246.87 $120.38 – $1,364.43
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $839.79 $120.38 – $1,953.00

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