Cath right hrt mnpul art 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

$412.90

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.

$1,894.00

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.

$92.71 with United vs $6,582.00 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.

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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 $92.71 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|< 21 $92.71 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $121.66 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $151.89 ↓ -63%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $160.75 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $220.19 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $339.04 ↓ -18%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $339.04 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $498.31 ↑ +21%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $662.90 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $776.54 ↑ +88%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $920.58 ↑ +123%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,363.68 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,420.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,496.26 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,515.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,515.20 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,894.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +779%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +999%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +1111%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +1111%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +1111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +1494%

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Cath right hrt mnpul art at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $545.48 $92.71 – $1,572.02
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $505.02 $114.03 – $899.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $512.75 $92.71 – $1,174.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $469.62 $92.71 – $1,174.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,974.47 $92.71 – $4,736.58
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $662.07 $92.71 – $1,785.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $610.98 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,496.46 $92.71 – $1,481.76

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