Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$56.68
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.
$260.00
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.
$91.00 with Western Health Advantage vs $307.94 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 |
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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $91.00 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $97.36 | ↑ +72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.36 | ↑ +72% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $97.36 | ↑ +72% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $106.60 | ↑ +88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.10 | ↑ +89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $183.04 | ↑ +223% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $184.98 | ↑ +226% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $187.20 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $187.20 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $195.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $205.40 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $208.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $208.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $225.88 | ↑ +299% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $225.88 | ↑ +299% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $230.90 | ↑ +307% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +313% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $260.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $260.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $260.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $260.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $307.94 | ↑ +443% |
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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,088.18 | $169.00 – $169.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $74.88 | $91.00 – $230.90 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $136.66 | $83.43 – $243.36 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,088.18 | $169.00 – $169.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,088.18 | $169.00 – $169.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $193.70 | $113.94 – $269.56 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $1,088.18 | $169.00 – $169.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $751.14 | $97.36 – $1,719.90 |