CT angio hrt w/3d image 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

$1,547.59

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.

$7,099.00

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.

$241.16 with Hill Physicians vs $5,679.20 with MultiPlan — 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 $241.16 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|< 21 $312.13 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|> 21 $312.13 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $343.34 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $401.74 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $401.74 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $401.74 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $432.29 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $442.55 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $469.30 ↓ -70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $469.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $483.38 ↓ -69%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $516.23 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $586.80 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $593.05 ↓ -62%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $703.95 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $724.14 ↓ -53%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $724.14 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $882.74 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $882.74 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $882.74 ↓ -43%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,342.16 ↓ -13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,484.65 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,792.17 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,910.59 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,488.75 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,057.51 ↑ +227%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5,111.28 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,324.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,608.21 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,679.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,679.20 ↑ +267%

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CT angio hrt w/3d image at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $2,044.52 $241.16 – $5,892.17
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,184.75 $401.74 – $3,890.64
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,095.26 $312.13 – $2,295.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,634.36 $312.13 – $2,419.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $873.38 $274.05 – $994.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $290.50 $312.13 – $752.23
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $287.37 $312.13 – $752.23
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,701.47 $291.55 – $2,108.01

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