Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,330.02
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.
$6,101.00
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.
$214.24 with United vs $4,880.80 with MultiPlan — 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 | $214.24 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $214.24 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.66 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $295.19 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $356.39 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $407.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $497.04 | ↓ -63% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $497.04 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $667.02 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $707.34 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $728.56 | ↓ -45% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $778.07 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $825.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $825.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $825.51 | ↓ -38% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $921.24 | ↓ -31% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,061.01 | ↓ -20% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,101.15 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,101.15 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,379.20 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,723.27 | ↑ +30% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,977.25 | ↑ +49% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,135.35 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,498.17 | ↑ +88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,501.41 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,636.53 | ↑ +98% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,392.72 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,575.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,819.79 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,880.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,880.80 | ↑ +267% |
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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,757.09 | $214.24 – $5,063.83 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $901.85 | $324.13 – $2,368.99 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $917.93 | $107.65 – $1,326.96 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,536.10 | $214.24 – $3,349.64 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $5,602.40 | $214.24 – $3,883.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,226.18 | $214.24 – $2,704.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $663.35 | $214.24 – $2,565.73 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $656.20 | $214.24 – $2,565.73 |