Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,100.22
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.
$9,634.00
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.
$672.37 with United vs $17,715.00 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $672.37 | ↓ -68% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $739.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $744.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $794.41 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,264.06 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,277.75 | ↓ -39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,559.90 | ↓ -26% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,559.90 | ↓ -26% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,891.19 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,371.90 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,949.94 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,936.48 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,225.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,610.86 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,707.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,707.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,634.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9,774.00 | ↑ +365% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,007.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $10,007.00 | ↑ +376% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $10,007.00 | ↑ +376% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,217.00 | ↑ +482% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,715.00 | ↑ +743% |
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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,774.60 | $672.37 – $7,996.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,189.65 | $672.37 – $5,013.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,040.76 | $672.37 – $5,013.68 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,721.13 | $672.37 – $8,926.70 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,681.01 | $672.37 – $9,929.70 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5,298.90 | $5,592.00 – $17,369.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $7,152.75 | $5,835.00 – $47,967.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,832.11 | $0.80 – $3,741.36 |