Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta 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

$5,510.83

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.

$25,279.00

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.

$173.86 with United vs $24,307.00 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.

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $173.86 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|< 21 $173.86 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $187.25 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $191.25 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $326.86 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $403.36 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $403.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $724.49 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $747.60 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,177.63 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,900.37 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,136.13 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,260.21 ↓ -23%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,549.74 ↓ -17%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6,204.19 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,003.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,003.00 ↑ +27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,003.00 ↑ +27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8,507.45 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9,774.00 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9,965.87 ↑ +81%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,992.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,217.00 ↑ +122%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17,501.04 ↑ +218%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,715.00 ↑ +221%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18,230.25 ↑ +231%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19,202.53 ↑ +248%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $19,445.60 ↑ +253%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,445.60 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24,307.00 ↑ +341%

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Place non-slctv cath thoracic arta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $7,280.36 $173.86 – $20,174.81
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,684.41 $263.04 – $8,342.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,457.24 $173.86 – $14,785.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,914.11 $173.86 – $14,785.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,527.47 $173.86 – $7,606.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,489.44 $173.86 – $7,511.32
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,119.60 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,062.28 $173.86 – $17,320.80

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