Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$971.41
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.
$4,456.00
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.
$132.32 with Hill Physicians 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.
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 | $132.32 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $278.11 | ↓ -71% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $401.06 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $424.47 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $581.40 | ↓ -40% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $895.24 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $895.24 | ↓ -8% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,315.80 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,497.30 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,753.98 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,136.96 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,334.11 | ↑ +140% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,492.74 | ↑ +157% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,080.16 | ↑ +217% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,208.50 | ↑ +230% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,379.62 | ↑ +248% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,399.20 | ↑ +250% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,422.40 | ↑ +252% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,422.40 | ↑ +252% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,278.00 | ↑ +340% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | ↑ +373% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +621% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +621% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +621% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +717% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | ↑ +773% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +922% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +1382% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,283.33 | $132.32 – $3,550.74 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $301.10 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,554.30 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $856.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,402.60 | $244.80 – $1,586.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $784.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,290.71 | $244.80 – $2,783.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,276.80 | $244.80 – $2,748.41 |