Removal of foreign body at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,016.29
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.
$9,249.00
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.
$273.84 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 | $273.84 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $273.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $420.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $448.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $474.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $647.49 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $650.39 | ↓ -68% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,001.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,001.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,471.91 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,237.15 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,546.64 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $3,761.02 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,792.09 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $3,873.85 | ↑ +92% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4,137.12 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,418.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,641.53 | ↑ +180% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,659.28 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,936.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,306.71 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,399.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,399.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,249.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9,774.00 | ↑ +385% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,992.00 | ↑ +396% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,217.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +745% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +745% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +745% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17,715.00 | ↑ +779% |
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Removal of foreign body at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,663.72 | $273.84 – $7,676.67 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,676.23 | $336.82 – $6,483.96 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,230.05 | $3,914.43 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,121.41 | $273.84 – $7,147.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $806.53 | $273.84 – $1,186.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,858.86 | $273.84 – $7,147.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,904.19 | $273.84 – $6,262.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,245.24 | $4,124.29 – $16,692.00 |