Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$3,361.35
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.
$15,419.00
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.
$289.65 with United vs $20,628.74 with Prison Healthcare — 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 | $289.65 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $289.65 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.61 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $347.30 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $364.13 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $544.54 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $550.60 | ↓ -84% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $671.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $671.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,245.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $5,396.65 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,321.79 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,941.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,002.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $8,002.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $8,002.00 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,926.00 | ↑ +195% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $10,446.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $11,101.68 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,564.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $12,181.01 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12,335.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,335.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $12,968.60 | ↑ +286% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13,752.49 | ↑ +309% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $14,165.06 | ↑ +321% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14,393.00 | ↑ +328% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $15,127.74 | ↑ +350% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15,419.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $19,264.00 | ↑ +473% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $20,628.74 | ↑ +514% |
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Removal/replacement ppm generator dual lead system at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $4,440.68 | $289.65 – $13,752.49 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $13,385.72 | $438.21 – $25,925.22 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10,771.05 | $289.65 – $24,662.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $10,062.25 | $289.65 – $25,155.62 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $10,561.53 | $289.65 – $22,734.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $28,650.27 | $6,200.00 – $62,607.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $11,737.14 | $7,809.00 – $62,607.00 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $18,866.94 | $8,005.00 – $62,607.00 |