Ultrasound guide intraoperative at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$230.65
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.
$1,058.00
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.
$116.55 with United vs $635.00 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $116.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.21 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $202.44 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $202.44 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $202.44 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $219.11 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $221.45 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $222.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $260.35 | ↑ +13% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $270.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $270.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $457.20 | ↑ +98% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $476.25 | ↑ +106% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $501.17 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $501.65 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $508.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $508.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $508.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $635.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $635.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $635.00 | ↑ +175% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $476.00 | not published |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $476.00 | not published |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $304.71 | $116.55 – $527.05 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $168.20 | $103.68 – $299.52 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $476.00 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $476.00 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $852.80 | not published |
| Riverside Medical Center | RIVERSIDE | $852.80 | not published |