Inj w/fluor eval cv device 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

$814.45

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.

$3,736.00

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.

$34.81 with Hill Physicians vs $7,003.00 with Aetna — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $34.81 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $126.88 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|> 21 $126.88 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $135.68 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $153.38 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $207.87 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $210.08 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $261.09 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $276.87 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $276.87 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $285.18 ↓ -65%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $304.56 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $323.50 ↓ -60%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $323.50 ↓ -60%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $415.31 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $475.45 ↓ -42%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,255.45 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,470.67 ↑ +81%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,582.64 ↑ +217%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,690.25 ↑ +230%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +245%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,833.73 ↑ +248%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,869.60 ↑ +252%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,869.60 ↑ +252%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,587.00 ↑ +340%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +346%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +457%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +536%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +708%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,003.00 ↑ +760%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,003.00 ↑ +760%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,003.00 ↑ +760%

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Inj w/fluor eval cv device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,075.97 $34.81 – $2,977.21
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $270.25 $156.06 – $518.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $520.45 $126.88 – $1,025.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $476.68 $126.88 – $666.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $303.11 $126.88 – $628.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $299.84 $126.88 – $620.94
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $643.11 $302.01 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,560.09 $273.57 – $8,018.00

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