Prq card stent w/angio 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

$7,907.95

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.

$36,275.00

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.

$1,919.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $36,275.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,919.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,002.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,002.00 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,002.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9,774.00 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,217.00 ↑ +54%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $12,696.25 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $14,872.75 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,715.00 ↑ +124%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $18,137.50 ↑ +129%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18,137.50 ↑ +129%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $26,118.00 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27,206.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28,657.25 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $29,020.00 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $29,020.00 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $36,275.00 ↑ +359%

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Prq card stent w/angio addl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $10,447.20 $1,919.63 – $35,912.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10,305.71 $6,352.83 – $18,352.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,509.71 $1,333.64 – $25,652.88
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $19,179.57 $7,745.00 – $24,453.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,592.88 $9,008.00 – $24,039.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $9,836.07 $7,025.76 – $28,103.04
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $22,529.25 $4,812.00 – $15,575.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,896.96 $9,718.00 – $11,117.00

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