Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion 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

$825.13

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.

$3,785.00

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.

$47.15 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 $47.15 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $89.65 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $89.65 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $98.62 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $141.06 ↓ -83%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $171.85 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $201.31 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $207.99 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $207.99 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $210.67 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $212.91 ↓ -74%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $353.52 ↓ -57%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $368.25 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $387.89 ↓ -53%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $392.80 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $392.80 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $463.02 ↓ -44%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $481.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $491.00 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $491.00 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $491.00 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $491.00 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $491.00 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $505.73 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $525.02 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↓ -36%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $540.10 ↓ -35%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $787.53 ↓ -5%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2,811.00 ↑ +241%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,631.00 ↑ +340%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,539.00 ↑ +450%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↑ +506%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↑ +506%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↑ +506%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,183.00 ↑ +528%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,582.00 ↑ +698%

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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,090.08 $47.15 – $491.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $303.78 $135.63 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $755.82 $547.82 – $2,570.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,110.24 $89.65 – $2,542.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $93.24 $34.67 – $131.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $869.46 $89.65 – $2,173.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $153.41 $89.65 – $418.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $839.97 $577.20 – $7,483.00

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