Ghs picc line insert < 5 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,120.52
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.
$5,140.00
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.
$78.67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $78.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $89.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $93.45 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.78 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $130.26 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $294.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,799.00 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,925.02 | ↑ +72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,041.38 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,102.62 | ↑ +88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,107.40 | ↑ +88% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,245.52 | ↑ +100% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,062.07 | ↑ +173% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,700.80 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,855.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,060.60 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,112.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,112.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +346% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +346% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +346% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,140.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +445% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +609% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +786% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +1184% |
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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,480.32 | $78.67 – $4,266.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,025.80 | $96.76 – $3,734.50 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,122.82 | $113.03 – $2,086.47 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,012.57 | $1,921.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,683.33 | $78.67 – $3,854.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,541.74 | $78.67 – $3,854.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,513.31 | $78.67 – $3,263.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,497.00 | $78.67 – $3,222.41 |