Change ureter stent percut at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,089.53
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.
$9,585.00
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.
$244.44 with Hill Physicians vs $14,393.00 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 | $244.44 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,208.79 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,564.06 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,564.06 | ↓ -25% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,890.72 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,538.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,562.42 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,589.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,772.71 | ↑ +33% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,961.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,225.95 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,778.97 | ↑ +81% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,987.71 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,987.71 | ↑ +91% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,037.93 | ↑ +93% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,860.86 | ↑ +180% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,636.24 | ↑ +218% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,912.75 | ↑ +231% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,281.43 | ↑ +248% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,373.60 | ↑ +253% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,373.60 | ↑ +253% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +280% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | ↑ +306% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,217.00 | ↑ +341% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +375% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +589% |
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Change ureter stent percut at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,760.48 | $244.44 – $7,650.11 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,963.56 | $1,210.41 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,182.18 | $1,564.06 – $7,286.30 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,909.04 | $1,564.06 – $7,272.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,786.59 | $1,564.06 – $6,008.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,756.54 | $1,564.06 – $5,933.69 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,823.29 | $941.64 – $4,245.53 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $6,086.85 | $2,908.69 – $6,732.00 |