Doppler echo complete at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$281.22
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.
$1,290.00
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.
$36.45 with Hill Physicians vs $22,221.00 with United — 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 | $36.45 | ↓ -87% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $57.83 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.87 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.87 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.95 | ↓ -49% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.24 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $208.68 | ↓ -26% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $323.20 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $323.20 | ↑ +15% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $451.50 | ↑ +61% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $472.28 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $528.90 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $849.44 | ↑ +202% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $928.80 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $967.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,019.10 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,032.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,061.36 | ↑ +277% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,290.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,290.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +3708% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +7802% |
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Doppler echo complete at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $371.52 | $36.45 – $1,070.70 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $676.28 | $108.08 – $1,204.32 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $395.30 | $15.58 – $126.34 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $641.58 | $258.94 – $489.34 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $600.92 | $87.87 – $1,375.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $60.61 | $23.55 – $89.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $554.68 | $87.87 – $1,260.28 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $764.64 | $87.87 – $1,648.80 |