Parathyroid planar imaging at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$911.68
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.
$4,182.00
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.
$137.86 with United vs $3,345.60 with MultiPlan — 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 | $137.86 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $137.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.65 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $180.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $254.25 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $261.93 | ↓ -71% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $319.84 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $324.25 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $429.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $429.42 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $429.42 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $497.94 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $528.04 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $543.88 | ↓ -40% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $580.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $592.80 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $734.10 | ↓ -19% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $792.06 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $848.52 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $848.52 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $848.52 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $917.24 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,329.70 | ↑ +46% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,463.70 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,523.13 | ↑ +67% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,714.62 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,030.99 | ↑ +123% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,011.04 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,136.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,303.78 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,345.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,345.60 | ↑ +267% |
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Parathyroid planar imaging at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,204.42 | $137.86 – $3,471.06 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,328.90 | $208.57 – $2,366.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $724.68 | $80.37 – $1,047.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,961.46 | $422.89 – $589.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,454.78 | $137.86 – $2,897.86 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,111.89 | $137.86 – $1,464.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,159.15 | $137.86 – $2,083.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $548.34 | $137.86 – $1,976.45 |