Ins cath ren art 1st bi at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$3,442.44
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.
$15,791.00
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.
$296.72 with United vs $17,715.00 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 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $296.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $326.39 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $335.81 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $557.83 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $563.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $688.39 | ↓ -80% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $688.39 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,275.90 | ↓ -63% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,655.59 | ↓ -52% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,684.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,144.70 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,900.37 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $4,136.13 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4,260.21 | ↑ +24% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,549.74 | ↑ +32% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,522.40 | ↑ +60% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,752.50 | ↑ +67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,059.30 | ↑ +76% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,136.00 | ↑ +78% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,136.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,204.19 | ↑ +80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +103% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,670.00 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9,774.00 | ↑ +184% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,992.00 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,217.00 | ↑ +255% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,715.00 | ↑ +415% |
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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $4,547.81 | $296.72 – $6,366.10 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,707.67 | $448.91 – $7,477.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,191.69 | $296.54 – $15,987.72 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,395.09 | $296.54 – $15,955.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,240.32 | $296.72 – $6,210.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,205.38 | $296.72 – $6,132.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $13,927.59 | $2,630.82 – $17,909.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,443.12 | $4,061.05 – $17,611.00 |