Chemo ia infuse each addl hr 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

$32.49

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.

$149.00

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.

$23.98 with United vs $19,089.00 with Cigna — 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 $23.98 ↓ -26%
United Medicaid|> 21 $23.98 ↓ -26%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $26.38 ↓ -19%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $31.43 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $45.56 ↑ +40%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $52.15 ↑ +61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $55.63 ↑ +71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $55.63 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $57.17 ↑ +76%
United Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↑ +87%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $60.63 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $60.63 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $60.63 ↑ +87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↑ +87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $60.63 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $61.09 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $62.45 ↑ +92%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $66.69 ↑ +105%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $75.96 ↑ +134%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $88.13 ↑ +171%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $90.94 ↑ +180%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $93.87 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $96.85 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $98.34 ↑ +203%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $103.13 ↑ +217%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $107.28 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $111.75 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $117.71 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $119.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $119.20 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $134.10 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $134.10 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $135.59 ↑ +317%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $149.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $149.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $149.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $149.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $149.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $149.00 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,089.00 ↑ +58653%

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Chemo ia infuse each addl hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $42.92 $23.98 – $131.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $100.56 $23.98 – $265.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $163.77 $23.98 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $311.93 $23.98 – $11,929.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $40.83 $16.39 – $123.67
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $57.97 $16.39 – $131.12
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $40.83 $16.39 – $149.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $63.10 – $64.39

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