Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$37.06

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.

$170.00

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.

$10.37 with Hill Physicians vs $23,178.00 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.37 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.89 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.95 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $30.35 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $32.18 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $32.18 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $33.15 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.08 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.08 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.08 ↓ -8%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $35.40 ↓ -4%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $48.27 ↑ +30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.23 ↑ +46%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $69.70 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $107.10 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $110.50 ↑ +198%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $122.40 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +267%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $153.00 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $153.00 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $154.70 ↑ +317%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $170.00 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +4938%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +6613%
United Commercial|HMO $11,514.00 ↑ +30969%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23,178.00 ↑ +62442%

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $48.96 $10.37 – $1,867.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $221.85 $38.97 – $38.97
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $41.16 $29.40 – $684.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $94.08 $31.62 – $68.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $87.92 $16.43 – $110.74
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $76.05 $33.65 – $670.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $73.58 $16.55 – $417.00

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