Perc rf ablate renal tumor at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,400.40
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.
$11,011.00
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.
$90.44 with BCBS - Anthem vs $27,257.00 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $339.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,504.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $3,526.85 | ↑ +47% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,691.45 | ↑ +54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,324.27 | ↑ +80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,273.50 | ↑ +120% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,273.50 | ↑ +120% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6,384.00 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,229.91 | ↑ +201% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,593.84 | ↑ +216% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | ↑ +219% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $7,896.94 | ↑ +229% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,910.25 | ↑ +230% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,332.13 | ↑ +247% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $8,433.62 | ↑ +251% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,437.60 | ↑ +252% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,437.60 | ↑ +252% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,007.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,007.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,007.00 | ↑ +317% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,547.00 | ↑ +339% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $11,500.40 | ↑ +379% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,775.00 | ↑ +391% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $15,038.00 | ↑ +526% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,798.00 | ↑ +683% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27,257.00 | ↑ +1036% |
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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,171.17 | $90.44 – $8,754.01 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $4,373.87 | $2,696.22 – $13,082.50 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $6,601.05 | $7,413.14 – $15,114.54 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $6,045.82 | $4,164.21 – $15,114.54 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $5,458.53 | $3,848.31 – $11,402.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $5,399.68 | $62.83 – $11,259.87 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $5,217.03 | $0.80 – $6,044.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $9,338.10 | $4,812.00 – $15,575.00 |