Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$601.47
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.
$2,759.00
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.
$87.52 with Hill Physicians vs $7,197.00 with Health Net — 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 | $87.52 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $96.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $157.49 | ↓ -74% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.68 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $228.30 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $252.77 | ↓ -58% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $351.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $351.55 | ↓ -42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $516.69 | ↓ -14% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $965.65 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,103.24 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,131.19 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,169.93 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,205.03 | ↑ +100% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,286.92 | ↑ +114% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,754.89 | ↑ +192% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,986.48 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,069.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,179.61 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,207.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,207.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,759.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +504% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,902.00 | ↑ +549% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +655% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +732% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +732% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +732% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +994% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,197.00 | ↑ +1097% |
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Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $794.60 | $87.52 – $2,289.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $892.81 | $96.13 – $2,044.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,850.15 | $58.47 – $221.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $817.72 | $96.13 – $2,044.28 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,014.39 | $96.13 – $2,183.56 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,588.80 | $1,137.58 – $8,018.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $1,380.06 | $1,191.69 – $3,982.87 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $5,755.86 | $5,981.00 – $20,799.00 |