Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 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

$736.84

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.

$3,380.00

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.

$122.12 with United 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.

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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 $122.12 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $122.12 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $151.61 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $178.79 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $193.88 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $200.07 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $205.60 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $205.60 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $211.77 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $212.96 ↓ -71%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $226.16 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $290.04 ↓ -61%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $308.40 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $449.15 ↓ -39%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $449.15 ↓ -39%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $656.39 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,069.36 ↑ +45%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,183.00 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,227.42 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,385.80 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,425.91 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.63 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,223.24 ↑ +202%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,433.60 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,535.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,670.20 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,704.00 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,704.00 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,380.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $10,710.00 ↑ +1354%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,221.00 ↑ +2916%

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Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $973.44 $122.12 – $2,805.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $254.48 $150.21 – $1,281.22
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,343.32 $122.12 – $1,716.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $485.69 $122.12 – $1,462.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $175.86 $122.12 – $1,387.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $173.96 $122.12 – $1,387.62
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $654.84 $277.71 – $1,013.31
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,706.97 $122.12 – $4,760.92

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