Perc cryo ablate renal tum at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,526.62
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.
$11,590.00
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.
$452.97 with Hill Physicians vs $24,641.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $452.97 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $3,895.37 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $3,895.37 | ↑ +54% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4,056.50 | ↑ +61% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,284.91 | ↑ +70% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $4,736.03 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,751.90 | ↑ +88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,323.30 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,401.20 | ↑ +193% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,344.80 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,692.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $8,865.00 | ↑ +251% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $9,037.26 | ↑ +258% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $9,037.26 | ↑ +258% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $9,156.10 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $9,272.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10,929.37 | ↑ +333% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11,590.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $11,937.70 | ↑ +372% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $12,749.00 | ↑ +405% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $13,595.00 | ↑ +438% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | ↑ +441% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $13,681.38 | ↑ +441% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,681.38 | ↑ +441% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $16,347.00 | ↑ +547% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,994.00 | ↑ +573% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $20,522.07 | ↑ +712% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $22,349.00 | ↑ +785% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,349.00 | ↑ +785% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $22,349.00 | ↑ +785% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24,641.00 | ↑ +875% |
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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,337.92 | $452.97 – $11,590.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,900.35 | $3,020.76 – $22,376.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15,488.04 | $3,895.37 – $35,463.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,185.31 | $3,895.37 – $35,463.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $15,687.37 | $3,895.37 – $19,537.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $15,518.23 | $3,895.37 – $19,293.38 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $11,350.76 | $0.80 – $8,105.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $15,746.25 | $3,423.00 – $15,575.00 |