EKG (Electrocardiogram) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$119.03
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.
$546.00
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.
$15.02 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 | $15.02 | ↓ -87% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $15.60 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.93 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.93 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.96 | ↓ -55% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.43 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.05 | ↓ -44% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $121.13 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $121.13 | ↑ +2% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.02 | ↑ +49% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $191.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.86 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $379.31 | ↑ +219% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $393.12 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $409.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $431.34 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $436.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $436.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $473.94 | ↑ +298% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $546.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $546.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +8898% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +18568% |
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EKG (Electrocardiogram) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $157.25 | $15.02 – $453.18 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $65.79 | $46.80 – $124.92 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $35.70 | $313.88 – $313.88 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $149.61 | $15.02 – $453.18 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $212.40 | $15.02 – $447.72 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $149.61 | $32.93 – $546.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $114.72 – $218.51 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $120.15 – $276.14 |