Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$440.58
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.
$2,021.00
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.
$81.50 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 | $81.50 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $107.65 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $109.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.42 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $141.09 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $204.54 | ↓ -54% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.75 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.75 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $299.53 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $317.64 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $327.17 | ↓ -26% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $349.40 | ↓ -21% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $462.90 | ↑ +5% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $476.46 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $593.95 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $695.77 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $962.30 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,202.37 | ↑ +173% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,221.84 | ↑ +177% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,272.75 | ↑ +189% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,340.63 | ↑ +204% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,357.60 | ↑ +208% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,357.60 | ↑ +208% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,697.00 | ↑ +285% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,697.00 | ↑ +285% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +538% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +1076% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +2331% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +4944% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $582.05 | $81.50 – $1,408.51 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $382.38 | $162.86 – $680.94 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $388.22 | $21.73 – $123.83 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $724.20 | $321.54 – $554.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $767.84 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $165.17 | $64.16 – $243.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $703.25 | $107.65 – $1,758.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $505.31 | $107.65 – $1,000.00 |