Interrogation vad in person at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$108.79
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.
$499.00
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.
$39.41 with Hill Physicians 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.
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 | $39.41 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $44.29 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.29 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.72 | ↓ -55% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $51.41 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.27 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.15 | ↓ -23% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.75 | ↓ -6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.75 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $113.74 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $120.62 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $124.24 | ↑ +14% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $132.68 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $174.65 | ↑ +61% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $180.93 | ↑ +66% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $190.45 | ↑ +75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $204.59 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $359.28 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $374.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $394.21 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $399.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $399.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $399.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $499.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $499.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $499.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +2484% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +4664% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +10484% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +21205% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Interrogation vad in person at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $143.72 | $39.41 – $414.17 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $272.16 | $103.94 – $1,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $191.52 | $103.94 – $1,394.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $136.73 | $39.41 – $414.17 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $194.12 | $39.41 – $409.18 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $136.73 | $44.29 – $499.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $128.12 – $1,687.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $134.99 – $2,747.00 |