Mnl appl strs jt radiography at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$229.12
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.
$1,051.00
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.
$24.56 with United vs $799.20 with MultiPlan — 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.56 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.56 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.17 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.66 | ↓ -80% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.98 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.98 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $58.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $58.62 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.61 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $109.11 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $119.18 | ↓ -48% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $127.28 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $154.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $154.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $154.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $173.56 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $187.65 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.47 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $326.83 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $339.90 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $349.65 | ↑ +53% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $409.59 | ↑ +79% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $435.81 | ↑ +90% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $719.28 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $749.25 | ↑ +227% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $789.21 | ↑ +244% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $799.20 | ↑ +249% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $799.20 | ↑ +249% |
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Mnl appl strs jt radiography at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $302.69 | $24.56 – $829.17 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $212.54 | $17.61 – $314.28 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $267.93 | $24.56 – $613.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $97.61 | $24.56 – $447.03 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $320.28 | $111.93 – $154.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $127.50 | $116.22 – $127.70 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $287.98 | $24.56 – $829.17 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $408.84 | $24.56 – $819.18 |