Insert intracorporeal 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

$9,611.62

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.

$44,090.00

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.

$1,192.80 with United vs $44,090.00 with United — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,192.80 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,192.80 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,441.92 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,809.77 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,936.35 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,954.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,974.97 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,041.15 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,041.15 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,469.68 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $11,592.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11,842.00 ↑ +23%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15,431.50 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $16,713.00 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,030.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,030.00 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,030.00 ↑ +77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $18,072.00 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18,076.90 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $18,179.00 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $22,525.00 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28,156.00 ↑ +193%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31,744.80 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33,067.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $34,831.10 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $35,272.00 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35,272.00 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40,826.00 ↑ +325%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $44,090.00 ↑ +359%

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Insert intracorporeal device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $12,697.92 $1,192.80 – $36,594.70
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $12,080.66 $1,192.80 – $36,594.70
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $17,151.01 $1,192.80 – $36,153.80
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $12,080.66 $1,192.80 – $44,090.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $1,467.14 – $1,787.87
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $6,619.00 – $6,619.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria not published $1,192.80 – $1,467.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas not published $1,192.80 – $1,192.80

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