Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$730.74
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.
$3,352.00
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.
$111.16 with United vs $22,221.00 with United — 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 | $111.16 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $182.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.85 | ↓ -73% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $222.84 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.01 | ↓ -64% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $277.78 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $299.53 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $317.64 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $327.17 | ↓ -55% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $349.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $408.85 | ↓ -44% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $408.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $476.46 | ↓ -35% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $597.49 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $929.74 | ↑ +27% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,173.20 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,239.74 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,374.32 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,908.57 | ↑ +161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,384.72 | ↑ +226% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,413.44 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,514.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,648.08 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,681.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,681.60 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,352.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,352.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +1366% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +2941% |
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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $965.38 | $111.16 – $2,782.16 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,200.56 | $136.73 – $2,137.98 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $723.56 | $48.34 – $1,158.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,432.08 | $321.54 – $1,099.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $835.89 | $111.16 – $1,588.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $4,237.10 | $111.16 – $1,745.38 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $796.55 | $111.16 – $1,377.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $642.58 | $111.16 – $1,385.60 |