Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set 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

$795.70

Cash price

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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.

$3,650.00

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.

$380.65 with Kaiser vs $1,572.25 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 $380.65 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $380.65 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $380.65 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $397.20 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $413.75 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $430.30 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $463.40 ↓ -42%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $463.40 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $595.80 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $662.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $877.15 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|HMO $893.70 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,059.20 ↑ +33%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,075.75 ↑ +35%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,092.30 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,141.95 ↑ +44%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,191.60 ↑ +50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,241.25 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,257.80 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,307.45 ↑ +64%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,324.00 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,324.00 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,340.55 ↑ +68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,472.95 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,472.95 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,472.95 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,489.50 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,489.50 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,506.05 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,572.25 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,572.25 ↑ +98%

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Kit montgmry thyrplasty impl f 5 implants 1meas dev inst set at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,051.20 $380.65 – $1,489.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,272.39 $411.60 – $1,337.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,635.87 $1,104.95 – $2,614.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,369.05 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,244.20 $303.37 – $1,292.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,139.55 $250.61 – $1,292.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,198.33 $807.50 – $2,907.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,185.41 $807.50 – $3,133.10

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