Closed tx metatarsophalangeal jnt disl without anes 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

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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.

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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.

$70.07 with United vs $6,582.00 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.

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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 $70.07
United Medicaid|< 21 $70.07
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $114.79
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $115.02
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $121.49
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $164.85
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $166.40
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $256.24
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $256.24
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $297.26
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $315.23
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $315.23
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $315.23
Humana Commercial|All Plans $315.23
Molina Medicare|All Plans $315.23
United Medicare|All Plans $315.23
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $315.23
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $324.69
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $346.75
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $376.61
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $472.85
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Closed tx metatarsophalangeal jnt disl without anes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento not published $70.07 – $376.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $419.73 $332.41 – $1,687.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,145.97 $350.23 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $807.33 $317.26 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $254.49 $332.35 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $640.05 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $836.40 $343.23 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $547.20 $269.67 – $1,597.00

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