Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$206.23

Cash price

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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.

$946.00

Gross charge

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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.

$96.98 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|< 21 $96.98 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|> 21 $96.98 ↓ -53%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $158.36 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $158.88 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $168.17 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $230.32 ↑ +12%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $286.09 ↑ +39%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $331.10 ↑ +61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $354.68 ↑ +72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $354.68 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $387.86 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $495.09 ↑ +140%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $521.25 ↑ +153%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $525.02 ↑ +155%
United Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +155%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +155%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +155%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $525.02 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $540.77 ↑ +162%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $577.52 ↑ +180%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $681.12 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $709.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $747.34 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $756.80 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $756.80 ↑ +267%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $787.53 ↑ +282%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $946.00 ↑ +359%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +1263%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +2325%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +2325%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +2325%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +2413%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,941.00 ↑ +3751%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,926.00 ↑ +4713%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14,393.00 ↑ +6879%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $272.45 $96.98 – $785.18
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $275.98 $119.29 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,754.51 $547.82 – $1,921.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $677.99 $39.59 – $149.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,826.82 $577.20 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,077.23 $522.85 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $452.37 $547.72 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $2,083.35 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00

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