Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$91.56
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.
$420.00
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.
$20.00 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 | $20.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $21.67 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $42.77 | ↓ -53% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.06 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.26 | ↓ -11% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.23 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.23 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $140.00 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $159.73 | ↑ +74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $169.39 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $174.47 | ↑ +91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $183.93 | ↑ +101% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $186.33 | ↑ +104% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $254.08 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $288.00 | ↑ +215% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $300.00 | ↑ +228% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $316.00 | ↑ +245% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $320.00 | ↑ +249% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $320.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $320.00 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $400.00 | ↑ +337% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $400.00 | ↑ +337% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $400.00 | ↑ +337% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +11597% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +24169% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $120.96 | $20.00 – $332.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $778.77 | $39.73 – $1,386.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $347.04 | $25.78 – $465.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,811.52 | $179.30 – $348.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $431.43 | $42.77 – $987.84 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $45.29 | $17.60 – $66.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $434.34 | $42.77 – $1,085.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $235.22 | $42.77 – $507.20 |