Drng of mouth lesion 40801 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

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Cash price

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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.

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Gross charge

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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.

$176.02 with United vs $14,393.00 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
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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
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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 $176.02
United Medicaid|< 21 $176.02
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $213.07
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $288.37
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $305.21
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $321.66
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $418.04
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $631.07
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $643.71
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $643.71
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $669.21
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $669.21
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $669.21
Humana Commercial|All Plans $669.21
Molina Medicare|All Plans $669.21
United Medicare|All Plans $669.21
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $669.21
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $689.29
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $736.13
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $946.10
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,003.82
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,312.00
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,108.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,003.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,003.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,003.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,941.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,926.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,393.00
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Drng of mouth lesion 40801 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento not published $176.02 – $946.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $962.88 $726.80 – $2,570.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,145.97 $765.77 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,262.76 $693.67 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $561.51 $726.66 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $774.18 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,160.76 $750.46 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,240.64 $589.62 – $6,920.00

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