Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$41.42
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.
$190.00
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.
$43.70 with Kaiser vs $180.50 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.
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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| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $43.70 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $43.70 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $43.70 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.60 | ↑ +10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.50 | ↑ +15% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.40 | ↑ +19% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.20 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.20 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $68.40 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $76.00 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $98.85 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $100.70 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $102.60 | ↑ +148% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $104.83 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $107.97 | ↑ +161% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $115.31 | ↑ +178% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $121.60 | ↑ +194% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $123.50 | ↑ +198% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $125.40 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $131.10 | ↑ +217% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $136.80 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $142.50 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $144.40 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $150.10 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $153.90 | ↑ +272% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.25 | ↑ +280% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $169.10 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $169.10 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $169.10 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $171.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $171.00 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $172.90 | ↑ +317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $180.50 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $180.50 | ↑ +336% |
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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $54.72 | $43.70 – $157.70 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $95.45 | $51.29 – $218.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $87.42 | $42.37 – $218.54 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $260.10 | $63.19 – $64.48 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $52.06 | $20.90 – $157.70 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $73.91 | $20.90 – $155.80 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $52.06 | $20.90 – $190.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $63.19 – $64.48 |