CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$697.17
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.
$3,198.00
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.
$62.63 with Hill Physicians vs $5,233.00 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 | $62.63 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $128.06 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $149.92 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $196.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $265.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $265.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $265.82 | ↓ -62% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $347.81 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $347.81 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $427.37 | ↓ -39% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $644.67 | ↓ -8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,119.30 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,269.96 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,311.18 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,586.79 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,300.31 | ↑ +230% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,302.56 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,398.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,526.42 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,558.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,558.40 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,198.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3,925.00 | ↑ +463% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,233.00 | ↑ +651% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $921.03 | $62.63 – $3,925.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $629.41 | $226.81 – $1,437.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $593.03 | $172.46 – $1,136.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,287.24 | $421.94 – $731.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $766.55 | $149.92 – $1,756.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,798.20 | $149.92 – $904.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $675.03 | $149.92 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $843.29 | $149.92 – $1,818.40 |