Cath left heart/lv gram at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$8,362.05
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.
$38,358.00
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.
$701.09 with Hill Physicians vs $40,826.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $701.09 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $875.40 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $875.40 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.58 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,064.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,434.18 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,449.43 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,244.67 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,244.67 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,280.30 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,985.76 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,226.68 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4,353.48 | ↓ -48% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,649.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,418.00 | ↓ -35% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,340.02 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,992.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $13,425.30 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $13,990.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $14,319.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $15,726.78 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $20,160.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21,946.00 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $22,525.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $24,716.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $27,617.76 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,156.00 | ↑ +237% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $28,768.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $30,302.82 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $30,686.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $30,686.40 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $38,358.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $40,826.00 | ↑ +388% |
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Cath left heart/lv gram at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $11,047.11 | $701.09 – $31,837.14 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,051.07 | $1,076.74 – $7,425.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,476.50 | $875.40 – $14,829.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5,758.88 | $875.40 – $14,397.18 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,756.77 | $875.40 – $12,391.94 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,397.37 | $4,603.09 – $17,909.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,667.74 | $762.86 – $16,193.52 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $10,594.23 | $4,511.03 – $12,568.00 |