Hinge extension/flex wrist/f 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

$663.38

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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.

$3,043.00

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.

$699.89 with Kaiser vs $2,890.85 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $699.89 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $699.89 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $699.89 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $730.32 ↑ +10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $760.75 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $791.18 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $852.04 ↑ +28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $852.04 ↑ +28%
United Medicaid|> 21 $878.66 ↑ +32%
United Medicaid|< 21 $878.66 ↑ +32%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $966.53 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,095.48 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,217.20 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,612.79 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $1,643.22 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,947.52 ↑ +194%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,977.95 ↑ +198%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,008.38 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,099.67 ↑ +217%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,190.96 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,282.25 ↑ +244%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,312.68 ↑ +249%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2,403.97 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,434.40 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,434.40 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,464.83 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,708.27 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,708.27 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,708.27 ↑ +308%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2,738.70 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $2,738.70 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $2,769.13 ↑ +317%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,890.85 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,890.85 ↑ +336%

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Hinge extension/flex wrist/f at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $876.39 $699.89 – $2,738.70
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,882.80 $878.66 – $4,184.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $419.25 $150.00 – $4,393.30
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $147.00 $1,781.40 – $3,295.59
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $381.23 $157.50 – $4,393.30
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $317.85 $40.00 – $3,172.50
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $833.79 $334.73 – $2,586.55
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $324.68 $150.00 – $4,393.30

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