Eeg recording awake and asleep at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$449.30
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.
$2,061.00
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.
$74.60 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $74.60 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $74.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $130.10 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.18 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $274.39 | ↓ -39% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $274.39 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $385.89 | ↓ -14% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $400.98 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $409.21 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $421.49 | ↓ -6% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $442.89 | ↓ -1% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $450.13 | ↑ +0% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $497.23 | ↑ +11% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $613.82 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $689.84 | ↑ +54% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $721.35 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $845.01 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $861.94 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,249.52 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,483.92 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,545.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,628.19 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,648.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,648.80 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,061.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +2284% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +4846% |
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Eeg recording awake and asleep at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $593.57 | $74.60 – $1,710.63 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $958.79 | $91.76 – $1,707.42 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $542.52 | $62.28 – $908.89 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $695.50 | $74.60 – $1,448.44 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $724.61 | $74.60 – $1,066.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $637.00 | $74.60 – $1,592.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $368.78 | $74.60 – $795.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $364.80 | $74.60 – $462.15 |