Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$7,531.03
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.
$34,546.00
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.
$196.20 with United 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $196.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $211.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $215.82 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $368.86 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $372.91 | ↓ -95% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $455.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $455.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $843.66 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $2,582.38 | ↓ -66% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,358.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,934.36 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,384.00 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $6,698.72 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,909.12 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7,103.63 | ↓ -6% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,197.00 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $7,316.74 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,580.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,676.80 | ↑ +2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,676.80 | ↑ +2% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $7,813.99 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,002.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,002.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,002.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,596.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $10,655.44 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,775.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12,142.00 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,178.00 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,008.00 | ↑ +192% |
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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $9,949.25 | $196.20 – $7,964.68 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7,093.41 | $296.84 – $12,900.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $7,739.53 | $196.20 – $17,544.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $7,088.54 | $196.20 – $15,417.36 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,822.63 | $196.20 – $6,868.48 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $4,770.64 | $196.20 – $6,868.48 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10,120.44 | $7,483.00 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,786.46 | $7,156.86 – $27,307.00 |