Intracranial angioplasty at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,785.39
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.
$12,777.00
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.
$1,323.24 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 | $1,323.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,377.22 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,545.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,504.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4,471.95 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,238.57 | ↑ +88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,388.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,388.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,199.44 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,582.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10,093.83 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,221.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,221.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $11,592.00 | ↑ +316% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,842.00 | ↑ +325% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12,142.00 | ↑ +336% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12,777.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,178.00 | ↑ +445% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $16,713.00 | ↑ +500% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +511% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +511% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +511% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $18,072.00 | ↑ +549% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,179.00 | ↑ +553% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22,008.00 | ↑ +690% |
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Intracranial angioplasty at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,679.78 | $1,323.24 – $12,649.23 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,399.74 | $8,260.11 – $25,392.19 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $6,006.33 | $1,083.64 – $16,202.34 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $4,621.68 | $3,301.20 – $13,204.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $6,840.48 | $4,666.00 – $13,634.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $16,490.49 | $5,087.04 – $20,772.08 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $8,206.01 | $9,560.40 – $15,774.66 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $10,714.16 | $1,091.85 – $38,402.00 |