Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl 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

$3,257.58

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.

$14,943.00

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.

$181.68 with United vs $14,383.00 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 $181.68 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $181.68 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $199.85 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $200.87 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $341.56 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $345.19 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $421.50 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $421.50 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $781.22 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $903.90 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +39%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +54%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5,034.05 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5,897.03 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +102%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10,355.76 ↑ +218%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10,787.25 ↑ +231%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11,362.57 ↑ +249%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11,506.40 ↑ +253%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11,506.40 ↑ +253%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14,383.00 ↑ +342%

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr/lmb-scr w/img addl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $4,303.59 $181.68 – $11,937.89
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,937.28 $274.87 – $3,449.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,105.19 $181.68 – $11,239.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4,675.78 $181.68 – $9,787.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,917.39 $181.68 – $8,948.95
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,690.19 $181.68 – $9,954.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,343.85 $0.80 – $3,222.24
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,837.06 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

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