Remove brain canal fluid at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$155.66
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.
$714.00
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.
$81.27 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $81.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $85.57 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.15 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $142.79 | ↓ -8% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.13 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $206.99 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $249.90 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $292.74 | ↑ +88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.74 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $318.74 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $365.80 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $387.91 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $399.55 | ↑ +157% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $426.70 | ↑ +174% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $468.45 | ↑ +201% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $514.08 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $535.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $564.06 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $571.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $571.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $581.87 | ↑ +274% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $714.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,811.00 | ↑ +1706% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,631.00 | ↑ +2233% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,539.00 | ↑ +2816% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +3113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +3113% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +3113% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $5,183.00 | ↑ +3230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,582.00 | ↑ +4128% |
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Remove brain canal fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $205.64 | $81.27 – $592.62 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,124.51 | $87.15 – $2,328.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,112.38 | $87.15 – $2,394.49 |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $1,198.92 | $87.15 – $1,952.88 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | $454.30 | $394.79 – $2,581.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $195.64 | $78.54 – $592.62 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $277.75 | $78.54 – $585.48 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $195.64 | $78.54 – $714.00 |