Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$1,842.98

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.

$8,454.00

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.

$201.93 with United vs $7,040.70 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.

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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 $201.93 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $201.93 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $222.12 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $271.82 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $373.12 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $379.63 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $383.67 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $468.48 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $468.48 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $868.30 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $944.67 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $944.67 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $944.67 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,612.45 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,617.74 ↓ -12%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,767.00 ↓ -4%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,887.08 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,014.72 ↑ +9%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $2,573.30 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,920.67 ↑ +58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,938.37 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,938.37 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|HMO $2,938.37 ↑ +59%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,958.90 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,466.14 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5,280.13 ↑ +186%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,086.88 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,340.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,678.66 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,763.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,763.20 ↑ +267%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,040.70 ↑ +282%

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Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $2,434.76 $201.93 – $7,016.82
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,895.62 $305.50 – $6,326.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2,300.86 $56.58 – $333.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,847.96 $201.93 – $9,657.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,461.20 $201.93 – $3,776.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,863.16 $201.93 – $7,222.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,464.19 $201.93 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,437.62 $201.93 – $6,851.62

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