Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,907.72
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.
$8,751.00
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.
$195.09 with United vs $14,393.00 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 | $195.09 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $195.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $197.25 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $214.60 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $366.77 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $370.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $452.61 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $452.61 | ↓ -76% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $838.89 | ↓ -56% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,254.79 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,940.35 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,444.41 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $4,373.20 | ↑ +129% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $4,637.54 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4,776.67 | ↑ +150% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $5,101.29 | ↑ +167% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,048.72 | ↑ +217% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,300.75 | ↑ +230% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,636.79 | ↑ +248% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,720.80 | ↑ +252% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,720.80 | ↑ +252% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,956.31 | ↑ +265% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +316% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,401.00 | ↑ +340% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +420% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,992.00 | ↑ +424% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +654% |
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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,520.29 | $195.09 – $6,972.83 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,815.47 | $295.15 – $8,890.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,279.73 | $321.90 – $6,094.51 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,960.95 | $194.93 – $10,603.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,543.68 | $194.93 – $10,603.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,579.41 | $195.09 – $7,100.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,257.50 | $195.09 – $7,012.04 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,330.52 | $4,604.99 – $17,611.00 |