Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,439.46
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.
$6,603.00
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.
$75.52 with Hill Physicians vs $25,692.62 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.
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 | $75.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $135.74 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $158.57 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $158.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.43 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $207.83 | ↓ -86% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $367.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $367.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $541.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $541.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $541.56 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $681.86 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $705.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,304.40 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,699.44 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,740.48 | ↑ +229% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,938.00 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $5,080.53 | ↑ +253% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,201.36 | ↑ +261% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,267.20 | ↑ +266% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,267.20 | ↑ +266% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,208.72 | ↑ +331% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,348.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $6,584.00 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $6,781.52 | ↑ +371% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $7,103.63 | ↑ +393% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↑ +393% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↑ +393% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,242.40 | ↑ +403% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $10,655.44 | ↑ +640% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $19,268.05 | ↑ +1239% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25,692.62 | ↑ +1685% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,901.67 | $75.52 – $19,268.05 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,595.11 | $239.90 – $23,085.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,790.03 | $158.57 – $22,418.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,471.14 | $158.57 – $26,354.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,450.30 | $158.57 – $25,002.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,844.62 | $158.57 – $25,002.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,254.79 | $1,276.23 – $7,353.90 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $9,886.35 | $4,194.31 – $7,353.90 |