Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,080.41
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.
$4,956.00
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.
$58.88 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $58.88 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $58.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $58.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.59 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.49 | ↓ -91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.31 | ↓ -86% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $190.68 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $220.93 | ↓ -80% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,734.60 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,031.96 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,568.32 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +236% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,717.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,915.24 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,964.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,964.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +320% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,956.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +363% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +363% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +363% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +509% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral additional (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,427.33 | $58.88 – $4,113.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,183.00 | $58.88 – $2,708.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,652.35 | $58.88 – $368.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,083.49 | $58.88 – $2,708.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,342.65 | $58.88 – $3,220.91 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,277.37 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $189.72 | $3,982.87 – $3,982.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,013.13 | $51.31 – $2,894.64 |