Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s 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

$10,777.71

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.

$49,439.00

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.

$879.26 with Hill Physicians vs $49,439.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $879.26 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,145.73 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,323.50 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,392.94 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,877.07 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,897.04 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,937.84 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,937.84 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,985.76 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -61%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,293.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,353.48 ↓ -60%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,649.35 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,418.00 ↓ -50%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6,340.02 ↓ -41%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,992.00 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13,990.00 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14,319.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,030.00 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,030.00 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,030.00 ↑ +58%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $17,303.65 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,160.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20,269.99 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21,946.00 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $22,525.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $24,716.00 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28,156.00 ↑ +161%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $35,596.08 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37,079.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39,056.81 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39,551.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $39,551.20 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40,826.00 ↑ +279%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $49,439.00 ↑ +359%

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Cath combo lt&rt heart w/inj/s at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $14,238.44 $879.26 – $41,034.37
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,481.97 $1,409.25 – $11,543.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $22,596.06 $4,368.86 – $11,185.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,800.50 $1,145.73 – $15,571.22
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,047.00 $1,145.73 – $15,117.48
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,380.37 $1,145.73 – $15,886.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,719.04 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $8,758.23 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00

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