Follow-up angiography at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$828.84
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.
$3,802.00
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.
$149.03 with United vs $15,423.39 with Cigna — 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 | $149.03 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $149.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $163.93 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $195.33 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $259.97 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $259.97 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $259.97 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $283.16 | ↓ -66% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $345.75 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $345.75 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $365.29 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $456.42 | ↓ -45% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $640.85 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $661.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,264.20 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,480.92 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,600.64 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,709.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,853.48 | ↑ +244% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,889.60 | ↑ +249% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,889.60 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,406.12 | ↑ +311% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $3,612.00 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $3,720.36 | ↑ +349% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,973.20 | ↑ +379% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +399% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +399% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $4,136.13 | ↑ +399% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,204.19 | ↑ +649% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $11,566.70 | ↑ +1296% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,423.39 | ↑ +1761% |
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Follow-up angiography at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,094.98 | $149.03 – $11,566.70 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $638.61 | $225.47 – $13,858.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,964.33 | $149.03 – $13,457.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,715.00 | $149.03 – $15,820.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $468.95 | $149.03 – $15,009.21 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $463.89 | $149.03 – $15,009.21 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,442.10 | $301.57 – $4,061.05 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,193.54 | $149.03 – $3,732.00 |