Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$415.29
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.
$1,905.00
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.
$102.69 with Hill Physicians vs $6,582.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $102.69 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $294.12 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $294.12 | ↓ -29% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $323.53 | ↓ -22% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $354.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $552.95 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $558.96 | ↑ +35% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $640.85 | ↑ +54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $682.36 | ↑ +64% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $682.36 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $750.71 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $858.17 | ↑ +107% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $910.04 | ↑ +119% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $937.34 | ↑ +126% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,001.04 | ↑ +141% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,264.72 | ↑ +205% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,318.32 | ↑ +217% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,365.06 | ↑ +229% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,373.25 | ↑ +231% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,446.49 | ↑ +248% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,464.80 | ↑ +253% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,464.80 | ↑ +253% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,831.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +698% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +774% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +993% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +1104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +1104% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +1104% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +1371% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +1485% |
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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $548.64 | $102.69 – $1,519.73 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $718.76 | $443.07 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $986.34 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $791.38 | $294.12 – $1,687.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $724.81 | $294.12 – $1,687.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $700.82 | $294.12 – $1,467.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $673.08 | $294.12 – $1,448.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $3,642.93 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |