Cap nerve 2x15mm 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

$31,352.76

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.

$143,820.00

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.

$34.50 with Kaiser vs $142.50 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.

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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 $34.50 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $34.50 ↓ -100%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $34.50 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $39.00 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $42.00 ↓ -100%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $42.00 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $54.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $60.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $79.50 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $81.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $96.00 ↓ -100%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $97.50 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $99.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $103.50 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $108.00 ↓ -100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $112.50 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $114.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $118.50 ↓ -100%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $120.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $121.50 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $133.50 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $133.50 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $133.50 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $135.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $135.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $136.50 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $142.50 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $142.50 ↓ -100%

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Cap nerve 2x15mm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $41,420.16 $34.50 – $135.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $40,659.98 $83.76 – $272.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $86,262.79 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,212.36 $36.34 – $154.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,310.02 $1,285.74 – $4,870.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,101.04 $30.02 – $154.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50,932.74 $97.50 – $351.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50,383.60 $97.50 – $378.30

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