MRA abdomen post contrast at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,536.87
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.
$11,637.00
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.
$288.27 with Hill Physicians vs $7,195.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $288.27 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $412.65 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $476.26 | ↓ -81% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $523.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $624.22 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $672.82 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $672.82 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $672.82 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,104.92 | ↓ -56% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,104.92 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,249.31 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,257.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,257.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,257.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,047.93 | ↓ -19% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,411.15 | ↓ -5% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,824.49 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,300.00 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,125.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,960.08 | ↑ +96% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,166.75 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,397.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,442.31 | ↑ +115% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,511.20 | ↑ +117% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,511.20 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,981.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,195.00 | ↑ +184% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,351.46 | $288.27 – $5,717.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,862.82 | $672.82 – $3,317.34 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $3,583.89 | $547.85 – $3,325.16 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,455.54 | $483.89 – $2,589.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,294.08 | $476.26 – $3,331.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,303.36 | $463.60 – $1,756.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,844.76 | $235.44 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,765.96 | $476.26 – $2,413.60 |