Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$229.99
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.
$1,055.00
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.
$42.06 with Hill Physicians vs $6,582.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $42.06 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $56.39 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $56.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $83.58 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.38 | ↓ -60% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.78 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $133.93 | ↓ -42% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.22 | ↓ -10% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $303.09 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $369.25 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $432.55 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $759.60 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $791.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $833.45 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $844.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $844.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $858.17 | ↑ +273% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $910.04 | ↑ +296% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $937.34 | ↑ +308% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,001.04 | ↑ +335% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,055.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,365.06 | ↑ +494% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +1340% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +1479% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +1874% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2075% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2075% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +2075% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +2556% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +2762% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $303.84 | $42.06 – $910.04 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $162.88 | $80.36 – $190.12 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,084.77 | $951.25 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $708.77 | $56.39 – $1,622.88 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,431.90 | $27.69 – $104.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $649.16 | $56.39 – $1,622.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $749.80 | $56.39 – $878.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $741.71 | $56.39 – $878.00 |