Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$95.92
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.
$440.00
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.
$34.50 with Kaiser vs $142.50 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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| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.50 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.50 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.00 | ↓ -56% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $54.00 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $60.00 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.50 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $81.00 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $96.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $97.50 | ↑ +2% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $99.00 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $108.00 | ↑ +13% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $112.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $114.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $118.50 | ↑ +24% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.00 | ↑ +25% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $120.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $121.50 | ↑ +27% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $133.50 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $133.50 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $133.50 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $135.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $135.00 | ↑ +41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $136.50 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $142.50 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $142.50 | ↑ +49% |
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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $126.72 | $34.50 – $135.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $22.95 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $150.23 | $46.69 – $198.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $233.77 | $90.81 – $343.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $137.60 | $38.57 – $198.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $144.69 | $6.25 – $22.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $143.13 | $6.25 – $24.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $15.10 | not published |