Mopath procedure level 7 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$196.20
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.
$900.00
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.
$183.75 with Western Health Advantage vs $835.32 with Cigna — 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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $183.75 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $187.05 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $187.05 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $187.05 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $215.25 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $266.76 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $282.88 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $291.37 | ↑ +49% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $311.17 | ↑ +59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $311.17 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $339.46 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $339.46 | ↑ +73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $339.46 | ↑ +73% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $378.00 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $393.75 | ↑ +101% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $414.75 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $420.00 | ↑ +114% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $420.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $420.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $424.32 | ↑ +116% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $525.00 | ↑ +168% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $626.45 | ↑ +219% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $835.32 | ↑ +326% |
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Mopath procedure level 7 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $259.20 | $183.75 – $626.45 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $394.20 | $186.14 – $750.56 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $932.94 | $19.27 – $466.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $516.17 | $72.77 – $728.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $249.75 | $169.16 – $306.25 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $472.76 | $39.30 – $856.83 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $333.90 | $153.63 – $812.89 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $330.30 | $153.63 – $812.89 |