Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$179.20
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.
$822.00
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.
$23.07 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $23.07 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.79 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $38.93 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.78 | ↓ -69% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.36 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.36 | ↓ -53% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $97.26 | ↓ -46% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.98 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $246.23 | ↑ +37% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $261.11 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $268.94 | ↑ +50% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $287.22 | ↑ +60% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $287.70 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $337.02 | ↑ +88% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $391.67 | ↑ +119% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $591.84 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $616.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $649.38 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $657.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $657.60 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $822.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +1469% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +1926% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +2433% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2691% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2691% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2691% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +2792% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +3573% |
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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $236.74 | $23.07 – $682.26 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $193.39 | $28.38 – $453.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $365.67 | $270.38 – $1,687.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $94.58 | $23.07 – $97.02 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $169.19 | $23.07 – $364.19 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $860.88 | $284.87 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $564.06 | $258.05 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $453.39 | $270.32 – $3,982.87 |