Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$294.52

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.

$1,351.00

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.

$49.91 with Hill Physicians vs $1,080.80 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 $49.91 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $56.42 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $56.42 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $62.06 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $70.37 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $106.07 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $107.20 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $130.89 ↓ -56%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $130.89 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $139.74 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $139.74 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -51%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $153.71 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $162.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $162.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $162.99 ↓ -45%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $209.61 ↓ -29%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $242.61 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $405.74 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $439.91 ↑ +49%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $472.85 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $506.96 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $553.91 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.59 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $734.92 ↑ +150%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $972.72 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,013.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,067.29 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,080.80 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,080.80 ↑ +267%

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Bone survey-lead poisoning at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $389.09 $49.91 – $1,121.33
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $648.24 $85.36 – $1,154.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $266.99 $21.27 – $394.79
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,387.71 $140.89 – $233.73
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $886.45 $56.42 – $328.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $142.47 $56.42 – $570.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $140.93 $56.42 – $570.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,422.90 $134.46 – $334.96

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