Cath blazer dx/20 2-10-2 space 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

$3,846.61

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.

$17,645.00

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.

$58.65 with Kaiser vs $242.25 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.

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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 $58.65 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $58.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $61.20 ↓ -98%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $63.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $71.40 ↓ -98%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $71.40 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $91.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $102.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $135.15 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $137.70 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $163.20 ↓ -96%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $165.75 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $168.30 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $175.95 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $183.60 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $191.25 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $193.80 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $201.45 ↓ -95%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $204.00 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $204.00 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $206.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $226.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $226.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $226.95 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $229.50 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $229.50 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $232.05 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $242.25 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $242.25 ↓ -94%

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Cath blazer dx/20 2-10-2 space at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $5,081.76 $58.65 – $229.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $355.32 – $1,026.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $6,912.13 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,734.92 $394.45 – $1,680.70
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,504.88 $325.85 – $1,680.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $246.72 $166.25 – $598.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,605.70 $166.25 – $645.05
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,912.13 not published

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