Chest 2 vws w oblique at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$255.06
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.
$1,170.00
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.
$34.58 with Hill Physicians vs $936.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $34.58 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $37.78 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $37.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.56 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $49.27 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.03 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.65 | ↓ -66% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.65 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $88.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $88.23 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $94.32 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $131.77 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $143.93 | ↓ -44% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $153.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $209.61 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $409.50 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $412.13 | ↑ +62% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $439.91 | ↑ +72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $479.70 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $514.94 | ↑ +102% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $586.59 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $746.50 | ↑ +193% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $842.40 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $877.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $924.30 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $936.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $936.00 | ↑ +267% |
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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $336.96 | $34.58 – $971.10 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $451.14 | $57.16 – $803.40 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $418.79 | $21.27 – $648.93 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,104.15 | $140.05 – $237.41 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $895.81 | $37.78 – $1,767.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $727.28 | $37.78 – $250.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $779.30 | $37.78 – $1,707.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $489.72 | $37.78 – $896.80 |