Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip 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

$98.98

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.

$454.00

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.

$38.02 with United vs $23,178.00 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 $38.02 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|< 21 $38.02 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $39.44 ↓ -60%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $41.82 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $46.21 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -50%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $49.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $49.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $50.47 ↓ -49%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $59.26 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.48 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $72.24 ↓ -27%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $73.50 ↓ -26%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $88.21 ↓ -11%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $88.21 ↓ -11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $152.95 ↑ +55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $163.49 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $179.17 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $217.04 ↑ +119%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $271.18 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $314.64 ↑ +218%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $327.75 ↑ +231%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $345.23 ↑ +249%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $349.60 ↑ +253%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $349.60 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $393.12 ↑ +297%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $437.00 ↑ +342%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +2740%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +5136%
United Commercial|HMO $11,514.00 ↑ +11533%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23,178.00 ↑ +23317%

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Interrog evl pm/ldls pm ip at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $130.76 $38.02 – $362.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.94 $30.78 – $88.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $49.72 $38.02 – $109.88
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $36.70 $38.02 – $91.63
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $175.95 $48.00 – $1,333.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $121.38 $42.18 – $71.48
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $32.64 $23.31 – $93.91
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $86.19 $51.93 – $134.42

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