Intro catheter aorta at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,212.74
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.
$5,563.00
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.
$130.23 with Hill Physicians vs $17,715.00 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 | $130.23 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $170.89 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $170.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $279.97 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $296.32 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $405.86 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $624.96 | ↓ -48% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $624.96 | ↓ -48% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $679.80 | ↓ -44% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $918.53 | ↓ -24% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,927.80 | ↑ +59% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,258.28 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,965.76 | ↑ +227% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,131.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,351.32 | ↑ +259% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,406.40 | ↑ +263% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,406.40 | ↑ +263% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,508.00 | ↑ +354% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +477% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +477% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +477% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9,774.00 | ↑ +706% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,217.00 | ↑ +907% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,715.00 | ↑ +1361% |
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Intro catheter aorta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,602.15 | $130.23 – $4,571.64 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $404.72 | $210.19 – $720.72 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $582.94 | $170.89 – $1,320.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $538.61 | $170.89 – $1,334.76 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $988.35 | $170.89 – $1,422.22 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $977.69 | $170.89 – $1,582.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,024.08 | $1,164.14 – $7,745.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $435.54 | $2,699.00 – $26,648.00 |