Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$6,501.85

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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.

$29,825.00

Gross charge

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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.

$6,859.75 with Kaiser vs $28,333.75 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,859.75 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6,859.75 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6,859.75 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7,158.00 ↑ +10%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7,456.25 ↑ +15%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7,754.50 ↑ +19%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8,351.00 ↑ +28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $8,351.00 ↑ +28%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $10,737.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11,930.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15,807.25 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|HMO $16,105.50 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19,088.00 ↑ +194%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $19,386.25 ↑ +198%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $19,684.50 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20,579.25 ↑ +217%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21,474.00 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22,368.75 ↑ +244%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $22,667.00 ↑ +249%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $23,561.75 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $23,860.00 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23,860.00 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $24,158.25 ↑ +272%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26,544.25 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26,544.25 ↑ +308%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26,544.25 ↑ +308%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $26,842.50 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $26,842.50 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $27,140.75 ↑ +317%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28,333.75 ↑ +336%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28,333.75 ↑ +336%

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Kit cath ivl 2.5x40mm 135cm shockwave s4 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $8,589.60 $6,859.75 – $26,842.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,399.88 $5,698.56 – $18,520.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $14,621.70 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $10,163.72 $5,461.81 – $23,272.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $9,308.83 $4,511.93 – $23,272.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,788.84 $6,596.25 – $23,746.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,683.30 $6,596.25 – $25,593.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $14,621.70 not published

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