Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,302.30
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.
$10,561.00
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.
$243.50 with Hill Physicians vs $22,008.00 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 | $243.50 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $248.64 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $259.79 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $300.58 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $407.36 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $411.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $633.94 | ↓ -72% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $633.94 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $931.72 | ↓ -60% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,511.55 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,113.53 | ↑ +79% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,223.76 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,524.75 | ↑ +227% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,926.07 | ↑ +244% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,026.40 | ↑ +249% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,026.40 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,033.00 | ↑ +336% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $11,592.00 | ↑ +403% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,842.00 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12,142.00 | ↑ +427% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,178.00 | ↑ +559% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $16,713.00 | ↑ +626% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $18,072.00 | ↑ +685% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,179.00 | ↑ +690% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,008.00 | ↑ +856% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,041.57 | $243.50 – $8,327.39 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,603.04 | $305.83 – $4,635.54 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $822.62 | $248.64 – $1,883.56 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $768.32 | $248.64 – $1,864.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,143.86 | $248.64 – $7,541.86 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,109.96 | $248.64 – $8,389.26 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,556.49 | $9,256.00 – $32,162.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,170.05 | $11,046.00 – $31,625.00 |