Remove cva lumen obstruct 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

$119.25

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$547.00

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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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$64.75 with United vs $547.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United Medicaid|> 21 $64.75 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|< 21 $64.75 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $71.22 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $75.34 ↓ -37%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $100.23 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $121.73 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $123.03 ↑ +3%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $150.22 ↑ +26%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $150.22 ↑ +26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $191.45 ↑ +61%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $198.05 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $198.05 ↑ +66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $198.05 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $224.27 ↑ +88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $278.43 ↑ +133%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $393.84 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $410.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $432.13 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $437.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $437.60 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $437.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $547.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $547.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $547.00 ↑ +359%

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Remove cva lumen obstruct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $157.54 $64.75 – $454.01
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $367.92 $97.96 – $655.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $302.17 $64.75 – $691.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $276.76 $64.75 – $691.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $359.50 $64.75 – $775.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $373.38 $64.75 – $1,066.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $802.56 $329.31 – $685.31
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $282.07 $64.75 – $1,011.00

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