Esophagus motility study at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,531.67
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.
$7,026.00
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.
$79.31 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 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $79.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $129.93 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.30 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $170.87 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $188.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $242.38 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $291.69 | ↓ -81% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $291.69 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $416.04 | ↓ -73% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $426.26 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $519.83 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $657.52 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $718.18 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $753.58 | ↓ -51% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $766.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,045.89 | ↓ -32% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,459.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,880.66 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,058.72 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,269.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,550.54 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,620.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,620.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +299% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,026.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +599% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +1351% |
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Esophagus motility study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,023.49 | $79.31 – $5,831.58 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,045.07 | $97.55 – $1,861.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $637.30 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $583.69 | $79.31 – $1,459.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,332.27 | $79.31 – $2,872.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,317.90 | $79.31 – $2,836.89 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $917.87 | $79.31 – $2,622.48 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,688.17 | $79.31 – $3,245.22 |