Remove ventricular device 33977 at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,394.52
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.
$10,984.00
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.
$1,042.84 with United vs $40,826.00 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 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,042.84 | ↓ -56% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1,060.52 | ↓ -56% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,118.03 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,708.51 | ↓ -29% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,808.28 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,476.75 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,813.82 | ↑ +59% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,813.82 | ↑ +59% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,844.40 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,503.44 | ↑ +88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,605.28 | ↑ +134% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,908.48 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,238.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $8,677.36 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,787.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,787.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,984.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $11,592.00 | ↑ +384% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11,842.00 | ↑ +395% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $16,713.00 | ↑ +598% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +611% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,030.00 | ↑ +611% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,030.00 | ↑ +611% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $18,072.00 | ↑ +655% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,179.00 | ↑ +659% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $22,525.00 | ↑ +841% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28,156.00 | ↑ +1076% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $40,826.00 | ↑ +1605% |
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Remove ventricular device 33977 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3,163.40 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,918.10 | $1,042.84 – $10,569.24 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $3,014.39 | $1,042.84 – $8,612.52 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $5,577.97 | $1,042.84 – $10,722.69 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $9,116.72 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $4,272.78 | $1,042.84 – $9,006.88 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $3,009.62 | $1,042.84 – $10,984.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $1,282.69 – $2,242.11 |