Evaluation heart device at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,068.42
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.
$4,901.00
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.
$554.72 with United vs $34,883.00 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.
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 | $554.72 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $554.72 | ↓ -48% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $908.81 | ↓ -15% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $967.37 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,317.46 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,715.35 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,009.41 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,040.28 | ↑ +91% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,040.28 | ↑ +91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,981.63 | ↑ +179% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,528.72 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,675.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,871.79 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,920.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,920.80 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,901.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +978% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1494% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1494% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +1494% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $19,246.00 | ↑ +1701% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +2069% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,057.00 | ↑ +2152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $34,883.00 | ↑ +3165% |
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Evaluation heart device at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,411.49 | $554.72 – $4,067.83 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,973.32 | $554.72 – $6,808.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,645.22 | $554.72 – $6,613.04 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $9,940.41 | $2,747.00 – $19,158.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $239.04 | $1,200.00 – $16,338.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $592.04 | $530.50 – $4,018.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $517.65 | $637.14 – $10,759.00 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,955.52 | $554.72 – $4,397.15 |