Chemotx admn pertl cav impl 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

$212.34

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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.

$974.00

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.

$19.06 with Hill Physicians 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.06 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $85.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $85.73 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $85.73 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|> 21 $142.59 ↓ -33%
United Medicaid|< 21 $142.59 ↓ -33%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $173.36 ↓ -18%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $229.43 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $233.61 ↑ +10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $236.09 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $340.90 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $365.63 ↑ +72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $365.63 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $399.34 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↑ +94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +105%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +105%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +105%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +105%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $435.87 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $435.87 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↑ +111%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $479.46 ↑ +126%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $534.32 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $613.62 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $633.10 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $642.84 ↑ +203%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $653.80 ↑ +208%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $701.28 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $730.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $769.46 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $779.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $779.20 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $876.60 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $876.60 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $886.34 ↑ +317%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $974.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $974.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $974.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $974.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,126.00 ↑ +901%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,658.00 ↑ +1152%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,089.00 ↑ +8890%

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Chemotx admn pertl cav impl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $280.52 $19.06 – $857.12
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $270.25 $35.21 – $842.90
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $570.10 $129.48 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $344.99 $119.27 – $451.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $497.45 $138.68 – $9,050.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $319.29 $107.39 – $520.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $218.15 $124.26 – $1,266.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $475.35 $142.59 – $1,411.00

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