Intro cath dialysis circuit at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,493.27
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.
$11,437.00
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.
$161.43 with Hill Physicians vs $11,194.00 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 | $161.43 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $570.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $803.13 | ↓ -68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $974.29 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $984.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,202.32 | ↓ -52% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,202.32 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,925.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,102.62 | ↓ -16% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,228.43 | ↓ -11% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,245.52 | ↓ -10% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,062.07 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,902.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,917.90 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,589.54 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +101% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,197.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,059.68 | ↑ +223% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,395.50 | ↑ +237% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,843.26 | ↑ +255% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,955.20 | ↑ +259% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,955.20 | ↑ +259% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11,194.00 | ↑ +349% |
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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,293.86 | $161.43 – $9,291.02 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $762.56 | $470.07 – $3,482.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,842.54 | $518.24 – $1,435.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,546.84 | $387.45 – $1,435.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,890.25 | $518.24 – $2,445.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,869.87 | $518.24 – $2,415.03 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,628.03 | $2,235.08 – $16,692.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,587.63 | $2,024.63 – $17,420.00 |