Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$194.90
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.
$894.00
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.
$117.77 with Hill Physicians vs $894.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $117.77 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $119.18 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $119.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $131.10 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $214.41 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $214.41 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $214.41 | ↑ +10% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $215.27 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $224.06 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $226.44 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $276.50 | ↑ +42% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $276.50 | ↑ +42% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $312.90 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $366.54 | ↑ +88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $512.47 | ↑ +163% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $524.41 | ↑ +169% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $643.68 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $655.24 | ↑ +236% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $670.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $706.26 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $715.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $715.20 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $894.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $894.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $655.20 | not published |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $655.20 | not published |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $257.48 | $117.77 – $742.02 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $655.20 | not published |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $180.90 | $111.51 – $322.14 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $655.20 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $655.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $655.20 | not published |