Ortho dvc repair per 15 min at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$42.51
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.
$195.00
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.
$23.62 with United vs $185.25 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 | $23.62 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $23.62 | ↓ -44% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.98 | ↓ -39% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.96 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.29 | ↓ -26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $44.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $44.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.75 | ↑ +15% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.60 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $70.20 | ↑ +65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $78.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.35 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $105.30 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $124.80 | ↑ +194% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $126.75 | ↑ +198% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $128.70 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $134.55 | ↑ +217% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $140.40 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $146.25 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $148.20 | ↑ +249% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $154.05 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $156.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $157.95 | ↑ +272% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $173.55 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $173.55 | ↑ +308% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $173.55 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $175.50 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $175.50 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $177.45 | ↑ +317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $185.25 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $185.25 | ↑ +336% |
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Ortho dvc repair per 15 min at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $56.16 | $23.62 – $175.50 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $53.43 | $21.45 – $165.75 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $75.86 | $21.45 – $187.20 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $53.43 | $21.45 – $195.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $49.16 – $90.95 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $49.16 – $90.95 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | not published | $41.79 – $90.95 |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center | Mission Hills | not published | $49.16 – $90.95 |