Perq rplcmt g-tube req revsn gstrst trk at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$117.72

Cash price

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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.

$540.00

Gross charge

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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.

$87.38 with Hill Physicians vs $6,582.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $87.38 ↓ -26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $180.95 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $211.97 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $301.38 ↑ +156%
United Medicaid|> 21 $303.05 ↑ +157%
United Medicaid|< 21 $303.05 ↑ +157%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +171%
United Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +171%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $319.60 ↑ +171%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +171%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +171%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $319.60 ↑ +171%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +171%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $329.19 ↑ +180%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $333.35 ↑ +183%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $351.56 ↑ +199%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $372.24 ↑ +216%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $387.75 ↑ +229%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $395.78 ↑ +236%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $408.43 ↑ +247%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $413.60 ↑ +251%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $413.60 ↑ +251%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $479.40 ↑ +307%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $517.00 ↑ +339%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $517.00 ↑ +339%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $517.00 ↑ +339%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $517.00 ↑ +339%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $517.00 ↑ +339%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $517.00 ↑ +339%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +2288%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +2984%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +3756%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +4149%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +4149%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +4149%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +4303%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +5491%

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Perq rplcmt g-tube req revsn gstrst trk at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $155.52 $87.38 – $517.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $387.20 $238.68 – $689.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $435.54 $336.70 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $523.45 $303.05 – $1,198.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $157.85 $61.32 – $237.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $479.42 $303.05 – $1,198.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $306.45 $303.05 – $730.35
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $293.24 $303.05 – $730.35

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