Intracard echo interv w/s&i at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,231.89
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.
$10,238.00
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.
$310.47 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.
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 | $310.47 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $310.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $377.46 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $508.65 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $514.06 | ↓ -77% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $796.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $796.11 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $924.24 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,154.81 | ↓ -48% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,163.41 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,674.09 | ↓ -25% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,583.30 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,197.58 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,371.36 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,678.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,088.02 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,190.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,190.40 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,238.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +416% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +663% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +663% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +663% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +938% |
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Intracard echo interv w/s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,948.55 | $310.47 – $8,497.54 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $547.94 | $337.77 – $975.78 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,374.74 | $310.47 – $3,147.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,259.11 | $310.47 – $2,864.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,161.23 | $310.47 – $2,504.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,148.71 | $310.47 – $3,130.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,619.07 | $672.85 – $2,747.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $6,139.02 | $270.56 – $17,122.42 |