Echo stress 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

$953.10

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.

$4,372.00

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.

$128.62 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.

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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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $128.62 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $137.87 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|< 21 $137.87 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $151.66 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $180.71 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $208.98 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $261.95 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $319.86 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $319.86 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $592.86 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $679.45 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -24%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $720.52 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $720.52 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $720.52 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $742.14 ↓ -22%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $792.57 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $879.49 ↓ -8%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,080.78 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,098.90 ↑ +15%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,530.20 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,593.04 ↑ +67%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,792.52 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,147.84 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,279.00 ↑ +244%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,312.00 ↑ +247%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,453.88 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,497.60 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,497.60 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,372.00 ↑ +359%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,108.00 ↑ +541%
United Commercial|HMO $10,710.00 ↑ +1024%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,221.00 ↑ +2231%

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Echo stress at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,259.14 $128.62 – $3,628.76
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,465.55 $208.58 – $2,609.88
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $739.27 $59.86 – $158.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,081.56 $137.87 – $2,476.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $990.59 $137.87 – $2,476.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $761.67 $137.87 – $1,642.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,608.20 $137.87 – $1,621.87
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $8,183.46 $640.28 – $3,331.00

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