Fetal non stress test at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$202.96
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.
$931.00
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.
$22.62 with Hill Physicians vs $7,150.00 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 | $22.62 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $32.70 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $32.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.78 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $62.13 | ↓ -69% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $71.50 | ↓ -65% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.86 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.86 | ↓ -63% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.63 | ↓ -31% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $195.65 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $229.19 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $249.29 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $264.36 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $272.29 | ↑ +34% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $290.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $368.94 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $374.53 | ↑ +85% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $396.54 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $402.48 | ↑ +98% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $419.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $424.84 | ↑ +109% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $441.61 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $447.20 | ↑ +120% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $447.20 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $447.20 | ↑ +120% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $480.74 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $480.74 | ↑ +137% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $480.74 | ↑ +137% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $491.92 | ↑ +142% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $503.10 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $503.10 | ↑ +148% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $508.69 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $559.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $559.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $931.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +1285% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,842.00 | ↑ +1300% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +2454% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,150.00 | ↑ +3423% |
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Fetal non stress test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $268.13 | $22.62 – $463.97 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $319.74 | $49.47 – $447.10 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $738.67 | $40.23 – $691.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,806.93 | $272.45 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $338.12 | $32.70 – $774.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $290.87 | $32.70 – $727.16 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $251.54 | $32.70 – $555.96 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $248.83 | $32.70 – $555.96 |