Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$98.98
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.
$454.00
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.
$23.99 with Hill Physicians vs $5,002.00 with Aetna — 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 | $23.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $48.86 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.36 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.36 | ↓ -38% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.60 | ↓ -25% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $100.52 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.59 | ↑ +3% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.34 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.34 | ↑ +59% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $158.90 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $186.14 | ↑ +88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $229.92 | ↑ +132% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $326.88 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $340.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $358.66 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $363.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $363.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $454.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $454.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $454.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $454.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,245.00 | ↑ +3178% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +4954% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +4954% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +4954% |
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Debridement (>20 cm) charge pt at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $130.76 | $23.99 – $376.82 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $260.61 | $15.16 – $398.65 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $43.28 | $25.42 – $88.23 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $340.68 | $593.00 – $10,997.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $145.10 | $61.36 – $230.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $332.34 | $61.36 – $489.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $132.89 | $61.36 – $237.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $89.79 | $61.36 – $196.02 |