Emr pwr cbl combo vad, rep 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

$212.55

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.

$975.00

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.

$224.25 with Kaiser vs $926.25 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $224.25 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $224.25 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $224.25 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $234.00 ↑ +10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $243.75 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $253.50 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $273.00 ↑ +28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $273.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $351.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $390.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $516.75 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $526.50 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $624.00 ↑ +194%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $633.75 ↑ +198%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $643.50 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $672.75 ↑ +217%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $702.00 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $731.25 ↑ +244%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $741.00 ↑ +249%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $770.25 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $780.00 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $780.00 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $789.75 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $867.75 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $867.75 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $867.75 ↑ +308%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $877.50 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $877.50 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $887.25 ↑ +317%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $926.25 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $926.25 ↑ +336%

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Emr pwr cbl combo vad, rep at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $280.80 $224.25 – $877.50
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $267.15 $107.25 – $828.75
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $379.28 $107.25 – $936.00
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $267.15 $107.25 – $975.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $304.77 – $563.82
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $304.77 – $563.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $259.05 – $563.82
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $304.77 – $563.82

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