Exchange nephrostomy cath at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,849.92
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.
$13,073.00
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.
$99.28 with Hill Physicians vs $9,142.00 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 | $99.28 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $434.47 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $434.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $477.92 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $678.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $816.80 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $825.30 | ↓ -71% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,007.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,007.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,868.22 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,538.51 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,691.95 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,772.71 | ↓ -3% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,961.14 | ↑ +4% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,199.70 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,748.22 | ↑ +32% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,037.93 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,599.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,582.24 | ↑ +131% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,856.50 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,222.18 | ↑ +153% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,313.60 | ↑ +157% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,313.60 | ↑ +157% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $8,480.00 | ↑ +198% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,142.00 | ↑ +221% |
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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,765.03 | $99.28 – $7,587.86 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,049.45 | $646.92 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,299.46 | $434.37 – $6,497.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,931.38 | $434.37 – $6,497.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,505.00 | $434.47 – $3,600.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,850.05 | $434.47 – $3,555.79 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,882.12 | $2,968.05 – $9,858.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,978.73 | $2,688.58 – $9,858.00 |