Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
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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.
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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.
$394.76 with United vs $22,008.00 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $394.76 | — |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $394.76 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $526.26 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $538.58 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $646.74 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $684.50 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $937.56 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,443.67 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,443.67 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,121.83 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,373.20 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,637.54 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | — |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $4,637.54 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $4,637.54 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4,776.67 | — |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $5,101.29 | — |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,956.31 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,992.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,007.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12,142.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,178.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,008.00 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
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Hernia Repair (Inguinal) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | not published | $394.76 – $4,637.54 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $7,170.60 | $3,632.00 – $11,185.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $907.10 | $352.35 – $1,334.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $7,972.83 | $5,083.67 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $8,020.26 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $4,352.85 | $4,417.00 – $6,323.17 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $4,736.88 | $11,059.00 – $46,797.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $7,671.42 | $4,233.00 – $11,377.00 |