Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,220.55
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.
$10,186.00
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.
$348.12 with United vs $8,433.16 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.
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 | $348.12 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $348.12 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $382.93 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $387.91 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $520.56 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $654.47 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $661.43 | ↓ -70% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $807.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $807.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,372.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,372.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,372.92 | ↓ -38% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,496.92 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,617.74 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,715.53 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,767.00 | ↓ -20% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,887.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,573.30 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,938.37 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,938.37 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,565.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,176.26 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,655.81 | ↑ +110% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,280.13 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,817.32 | ↑ +162% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,040.70 | ↑ +217% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,333.92 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,639.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,046.94 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,148.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,148.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $8,433.16 | ↑ +280% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,933.57 | $348.12 – $8,454.38 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $5,264.76 | $526.67 – $9,375.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $4,154.83 | $66.42 – $574.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,490.15 | $1,744.68 – $2,682.07 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,847.96 | $348.12 – $9,657.90 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,914.75 | $348.12 – $5,487.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,863.16 | $348.12 – $7,222.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,968.75 | $348.12 – $6,851.62 |