Carbon dioxide at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$16.79
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.
$77.00
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.
$0.48 with Western Health Advantage vs $14.40 with Cigna — 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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $0.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $0.56 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $0.64 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.68 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $0.93 | ↓ -94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $0.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1.00 | ↓ -94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1.08 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.09 | ↓ -94% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1.09 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1.29 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $1.36 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1.41 | ↓ -92% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1.50 | ↓ -91% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $10.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.40 | ↓ -14% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Carbon dioxide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $22.18 | $0.48 – $10.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $69.65 | $2.95 – $124.02 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $30.05 | $0.98 – $46.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $95.37 | $4.78 – $38.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3.41 | $1.95 – $12.57 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.29 | $1.95 – $11.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3.12 | $1.95 – $14.77 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $57.51 | $1.91 – $42.40 |