Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$795.70

Cash price

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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.

$3,650.00

Gross charge

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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.

$684.95 with BCBS - Anthem vs $3,650.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $684.95 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $856.20 ↑ +8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,174.71 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,242.21 ↑ +56%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,277.50 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,496.50 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,569.61 ↑ +97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,825.00 ↑ +129%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,825.00 ↑ +129%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,093.26 ↑ +163%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,628.00 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,737.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,883.50 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,920.00 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,920.00 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,650.00 ↑ +359%

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Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $1,051.20 $1,174.71 – $3,613.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $800.23 $321.90 – $1,425.06
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,672.45 $983.79 – $2,327.51
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,344.78 $533.83 – $3,079.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,231.67 $848.34 – $3,079.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $368.78 $497.00 – $795.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $364.80 $481.09 – $984.06
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $292.24 $208.74 – $2,228.22

All California hospitals for this procedure →