Ghs chemo >8 hrs at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$391.53
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.
$1,796.00
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.
$53.00 with United vs $19,089.00 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 | $53.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $53.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $64.44 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.84 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.76 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $133.94 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.91 | ↓ -65% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.91 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $157.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $198.62 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $411.03 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $448.95 | ↑ +15% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $479.46 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $628.60 | ↑ +61% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $653.80 | ↑ +67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $702.28 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $702.28 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $702.28 | ↑ +79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $736.36 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1,131.48 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,167.40 | ↑ +198% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,185.36 | ↑ +203% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,293.12 | ↑ +230% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,346.00 | ↑ +244% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,347.00 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,390.00 | ↑ +255% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,418.84 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,436.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,436.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,616.40 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,616.40 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,634.36 | ↑ +317% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,796.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,796.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,796.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,658.00 | ↑ +579% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,089.00 | ↑ +4775% |
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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $517.25 | $53.00 – $1,580.48 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $589.99 | $65.19 – $834.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $736.16 | $53.00 – $11,311.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,431.90 | $53.00 – $2,107.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $674.24 | $53.00 – $9,050.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $663.91 | $53.00 – $985.52 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $634.44 | $468.99 – $468.99 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $775.71 | $424.83 – $424.83 |