Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni 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

$5,351.90

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.

$24,550.00

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.

$237.90 with United vs $17,744.00 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 $237.90 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $237.90 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $261.69 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $270.07 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $447.25 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $551.93 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $551.93 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $724.49 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,022.97 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,404.30 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,900.37 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,136.13 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,260.21 ↓ -20%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,549.74 ↓ -15%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6,204.19 ↑ +16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,210.40 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,003.00 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,003.00 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,003.00 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7,275.04 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9,774.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,992.00 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,217.00 ↑ +128%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12,775.68 ↑ +139%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13,308.00 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,017.76 ↑ +162%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14,195.20 ↑ +165%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,195.20 ↑ +165%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,715.00 ↑ +231%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17,744.00 ↑ +232%

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Place slctv cath carotid/inom art excrn uni at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $7,070.40 $237.90 – $14,727.52
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,033.94 $359.92 – $8,964.54
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $11,387.80 $237.90 – $12,097.12
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $10,752.56 $237.90 – $12,097.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,884.22 $237.90 – $6,436.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4,831.56 $237.90 – $6,355.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,119.60 $4,061.05 – $17,611.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8,257.29 $0.80 – $4,014.00

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