Chmotx admn plrl cav thrcnts 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

$357.09

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.

$1,638.00

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.

$140.18 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 $140.18 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|> 21 $190.92 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|< 21 $190.92 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $312.79 ↓ -12%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $332.96 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $435.87 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $435.87 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +22%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +22%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $453.45 ↑ +27%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $479.46 ↑ +34%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $573.30 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $590.86 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $590.86 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $590.86 ↑ +65%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $653.80 ↑ +83%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $671.58 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $702.24 ↑ +97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $702.24 ↑ +97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,026.22 ↑ +187%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,031.94 ↑ +189%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,063.27 ↑ +198%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,064.70 ↑ +198%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,081.08 ↑ +203%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,179.36 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,228.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,294.02 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,310.40 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,310.40 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|HMO $1,346.00 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,390.00 ↑ +289%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,474.20 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,474.20 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,490.58 ↑ +317%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,638.00 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,089.00 ↑ +5246%

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Chmotx admn plrl cav thrcnts at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $471.75 $140.18 – $14,317.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $489.30 $186.43 – $785.93
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $448.82 $140.18 – $1,359.54
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $637.19 $140.18 – $1,441.44
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $448.82 $180.18 – $1,638.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $892.85 $96.39 – $785.93
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica $584.15 $186.43 – $785.93
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $445.12 – $454.21

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