New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$108.79
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.
$499.00
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.
$113.00 with Blue Shield CA vs $23,178.00 with United — 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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| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $113.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $119.00 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $122.74 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $122.74 | ↑ +13% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $134.31 | ↑ +23% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $135.01 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $158.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $161.70 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $168.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $175.58 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $178.00 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $187.78 | ↑ +73% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $189.42 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.00 | ↑ +107% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $284.76 | ↑ +162% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $284.76 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $291.06 | ↑ +168% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $332.64 | ↑ +206% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $346.50 | ↑ +219% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $364.98 | ↑ +235% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $364.98 | ↑ +235% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $369.60 | ↑ +240% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $369.60 | ↑ +240% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $462.00 | ↑ +325% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $462.00 | ↑ +325% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $462.00 | ↑ +325% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +10484% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +21205% |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $143.72 | $96.00 – $462.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,166.40 | $83.70 – $241.80 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,667.98 | $231.65 – $548.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,043.90 | $98.83 – $454.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $291.05 | $58.73 – $222.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $725.20 | $98.01 – $355.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $178.08 | $111.00 – $384.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $208.83 | $104.00 – $314.82 |