Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont 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

$464.13

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.

$2,129.00

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.

$653.24 with United vs $22,221.00 with United — 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 $653.24 ↑ +41%
United Medicaid|> 21 $653.24 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $657.52 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +50%
United Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $697.26 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $697.26 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $718.18 ↑ +55%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $718.56 ↑ +55%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $745.15 ↑ +61%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $766.99 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $872.89 ↑ +88%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,045.89 ↑ +125%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,228.09 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,241.16 ↑ +167%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,515.52 ↑ +227%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,515.52 ↑ +227%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,532.88 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,596.75 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,681.91 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,703.20 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,703.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,703.20 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,129.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,129.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,129.00 ↑ +359%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,129.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $10,710.00 ↑ +2208%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22,221.00 ↑ +4688%

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Ghs veeg 12-26 hr intmt mont at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $613.16 $653.24 – $2,129.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $707.81 $436.32 – $1,260.48
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,402.50 $502.87 – $8,109.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $630.88 $653.24 – $1,444.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $670.40 $653.24 – $1,574.31
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $663.17 $653.24 – $1,574.31
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,278.57 $529.83 – $10,248.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,929.84 $479.94 – $11,622.23

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