Closed tx orbit w/manipulj 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.

$300.34 with United vs $14,393.00 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 $300.34
United Medicaid|< 21 $300.34
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $351.72
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $492.05
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $520.78
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $560.51
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $713.32
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,098.38
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,098.38
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,614.33
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,835.60
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,946.55
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,946.55
United Medicare|All Plans $1,946.55
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,946.55
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,946.55
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,946.55
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,946.55
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,004.95
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,141.20
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $2,919.82
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,902.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,197.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,941.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,002.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,002.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,002.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,926.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,393.00
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 orbit w/manipulj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento not published $300.34 – $1,946.55
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,810.10 $2,090.93 – $4,657.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,124.77 $2,203.03 – $8,552.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,144.15 $1,995.60 – $8,925.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $1,705.95 $2,090.52 – $5,330.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $1,856.91 $6,127.00 – $36,398.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,006.96 $2,158.97 – $4,737.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,240.64 $1,696.26 – $7,908.00

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