Debridement/bone/20 sq cm or less 11046 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

$185.09

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$849.00

Gross charge

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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.

$35.88 with United vs $6,582.00 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

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

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
United Medicaid|> 21 $35.88 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $35.88 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $43.38 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $53.04 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $58.79 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $59.41 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $76.79 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $91.50 ↓ -51%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $91.50 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $134.46 ↓ -27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $277.20 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $324.72 ↑ +75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $570.24 ↑ +208%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $594.00 ↑ +221%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $625.68 ↑ +238%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $633.60 ↑ +242%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $633.60 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $792.00 ↑ +328%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3,245.00 ↑ +1653%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +1862%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +2352%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +2602%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +2602%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +2602%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +3456%

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Debridement/bone/20 sq cm or less 11046 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $244.52 $35.88 – $657.36
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $412.93 $44.13 – $226.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $892.50 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $201.59 $35.88 – $461.58
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $100.57 $35.88 – $147.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $184.64 $35.88 – $461.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $401.43 $35.88 – $962.98
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $397.10 $35.88 – $1,071.18

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