Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$342.70
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.
$1,572.00
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.
$83.94 with Hill Physicians vs $1,381.02 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 | $83.94 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $99.36 | ↓ -71% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $109.30 | ↓ -68% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $123.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $186.80 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $188.84 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $220.61 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $230.52 | ↓ -33% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $230.52 | ↓ -33% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $240.96 | ↓ -30% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $257.33 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $257.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $257.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $257.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $350.91 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $550.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $644.52 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $721.74 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $762.44 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $952.65 | ↑ +178% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $962.39 | ↑ +181% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.84 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,179.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,241.88 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,257.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,257.60 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,381.02 | ↑ +303% |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $452.74 | $83.94 – $1,304.76 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $230.39 | $142.02 – $864.73 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $334.05 | $236.37 – $439.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $243.11 | $99.36 – $839.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $202.67 | $99.36 – $987.17 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $183.28 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $181.30 | $99.36 – $936.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,076.10 | $249.04 – $575.62 |