Coronary angio/lv gram/rt&lt heart 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

$11,240.08

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.

$51,560.00

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.

$920.76 with Hill Physicians vs $51,698.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $920.76 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,285.56 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,285.56 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,437.32 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,562.95 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,106.15 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,128.55 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,296.40 ↓ -71%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,296.40 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,985.76 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,226.68 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,353.48 ↓ -61%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,649.35 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,817.25 ↓ -57%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,418.00 ↓ -52%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6,340.02 ↓ -44%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,992.00 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13,990.00 ↑ +24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14,319.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,030.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,030.00 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,030.00 ↑ +52%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $18,046.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,160.00 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $21,139.60 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21,946.00 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $24,716.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $28,523.00 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $35,654.00 ↑ +217%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37,123.20 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $38,670.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $40,732.40 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41,248.00 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $41,248.00 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $51,560.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $51,698.00 ↑ +360%

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Coronary angio/lv gram/rt&lt heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $14,849.28 $920.76 – $42,794.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13,641.95 $1,581.24 – $24,293.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,396.08 $1,285.56 – $19,224.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8,288.06 $1,285.56 – $20,720.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,047.80 $1,285.56 – $13,018.41
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $23,637.48 $4,603.09 – $17,909.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $10,891.56 $4,169.67 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $15,742.23 $1,120.29 – $44,977.80

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