Svc venogram s&i at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$445.38
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.
$2,043.00
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.
$72.35 with Hill Physicians vs $7,576.36 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $72.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $135.45 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.71 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.38 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.39 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $363.57 | ↓ -18% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $363.57 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $526.36 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $526.36 | ↑ +18% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $526.36 | ↑ +18% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $673.85 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $703.25 | ↑ +58% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $715.05 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $837.63 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,470.96 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,532.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,613.97 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,634.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,634.40 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,634.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,925.02 | ↑ +332% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,041.38 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,043.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,043.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,043.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,043.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,043.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,102.62 | ↑ +372% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,245.52 | ↑ +404% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,062.07 | ↑ +588% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,681.85 | ↑ +1176% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,576.36 | ↑ +1601% |
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Svc venogram s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $588.39 | $72.35 – $5,681.85 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,070.87 | $237.08 – $6,807.55 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,424.00 | $2,073.00 – $2,073.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,964.33 | $156.71 – $6,787.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,715.00 | $156.71 – $7,771.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $856.64 | $156.71 – $7,372.90 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $847.41 | $156.71 – $7,372.90 |