Oth resp proc, indiv at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$36.85
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.
$169.00
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.
$10.75 with Hill Physicians 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $11.40 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $30.35 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $32.18 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $33.15 | ↓ -10% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $35.40 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $36.38 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $36.38 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $36.38 | ↓ -1% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.27 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.18 | ↑ +58% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $59.15 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.29 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $106.47 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $109.85 | ↑ +198% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $121.68 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $126.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $133.51 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $135.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $152.10 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.10 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $153.79 | ↑ +317% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $169.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,867.00 | ↑ +4966% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,488.00 | ↑ +6652% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +31146% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +62798% |
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Oth resp proc, indiv at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $48.68 | $10.75 – $1,867.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $35.92 | $22.14 – $1,834.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $118.55 | $31.12 – $284.24 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $72.92 | $29.54 – $684.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $95.04 | $31.62 – $68.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $53.69 | $16.56 – $67.62 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $160.68 | $30.21 – $745.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $77.40 | $33.65 – $670.00 |