Cath bi-dir df smarttouch at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$5,000.92
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.
$22,940.00
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.
$495.65 with Kaiser vs $2,047.25 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 | $495.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $495.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $495.65 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $517.20 | ↓ -90% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $538.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $560.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $603.40 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $603.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $775.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $862.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,142.15 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,163.70 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,379.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,400.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,422.30 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,486.95 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,551.60 | ↓ -69% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,616.25 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,637.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1,702.45 | ↓ -66% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,724.00 | ↓ -66% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,724.00 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,745.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,917.95 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,917.95 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,917.95 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,939.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,939.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,961.05 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,047.25 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,047.25 | ↓ -59% |
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Cath bi-dir df smarttouch at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $6,606.72 | $495.65 – $1,939.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,999.20 | $602.64 – $1,740.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $19,023.41 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10,163.72 | $394.45 – $1,680.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9,308.83 | $325.85 – $1,680.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $706.76 | $476.25 – $1,714.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7,448.27 | $476.25 – $1,847.85 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $19,023.41 | not published |