Ghs cricothyroidotomy at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$163.94
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.
$752.00
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.
$230.70 with United vs $14,393.00 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 | $230.70 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $230.70 | ↑ +41% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $250.60 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $287.77 | ↑ +76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $293.56 | ↑ +79% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $305.16 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $314.31 | ↑ +92% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $319.13 | ↑ +95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $335.46 | ↑ +105% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $335.68 | ↑ +105% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $377.96 | ↑ +131% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $400.03 | ↑ +144% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $457.74 | ↑ +179% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $515.52 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $537.00 | ↑ +228% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $547.90 | ↑ +234% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $565.64 | ↑ +245% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $572.80 | ↑ +249% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $572.80 | ↑ +249% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $716.00 | ↑ +337% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $716.00 | ↑ +337% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $716.00 | ↑ +337% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $716.00 | ↑ +337% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +1615% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2951% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2951% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2951% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +3062% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +4744% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +5955% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +8679% |
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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $216.58 | $230.70 – $716.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $342.96 | $211.41 – $610.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $782.85 | $319.18 – $2,570.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,738.08 | $336.29 – $7,483.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,349.46 | $304.63 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $656.37 | $319.12 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $972.06 | $1,333.00 – $20,799.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,119.96 | $329.57 – $4,042.00 |