Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$281.88
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.
$1,293.00
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.
$32.34 with Hill Physicians vs $1,177.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $32.34 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $50.16 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.67 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.66 | ↓ -70% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $90.11 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.72 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $190.05 | ↓ -33% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $190.05 | ↓ -33% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $277.74 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $385.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $409.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $411.95 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $421.49 | ↑ +50% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $450.13 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $460.78 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $482.57 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $575.74 | ↑ +104% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $613.82 | ↑ +118% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $834.62 | ↑ +196% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $847.44 | ↑ +201% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $882.75 | ↑ +213% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $929.83 | ↑ +230% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $941.60 | ↑ +234% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $941.60 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,177.00 | ↑ +318% |
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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $372.39 | $32.34 – $976.91 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $736.28 | $63.55 – $1,311.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $435.74 | $62.28 – $776.97 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,549.38 | $265.44 – $513.13 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $636.44 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $568.10 | $51.67 – $804.58 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $582.91 | $51.67 – $1,457.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $429.99 | $51.67 – $927.20 |