Ventilator each subsequent day at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2,122.67
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.
$9,737.00
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.
$35.30 with United 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.
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 | $35.30 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $35.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $63.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.36 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $67.63 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.90 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.90 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.79 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $819.23 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $868.75 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $894.81 | ↓ -58% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $955.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,303.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,867.00 | ↓ -12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,488.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,407.95 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,992.17 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $5,519.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,651.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,010.64 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,302.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,692.23 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,789.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,789.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $7,953.00 | ↑ +275% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $8,612.00 | ↑ +306% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,658.00 | ↑ +308% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9,737.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +442% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +992% |
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Ventilator each subsequent day at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2,804.26 | $35.30 – $8,081.71 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,351.14 | $53.41 – $5,967.78 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $691.12 | $58.24 – $1,382.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,965.65 | $832.54 – $849.53 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,492.68 | $35.30 – $1,484.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,855.81 | $35.30 – $4,202.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,171.68 | $35.30 – $1,392.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,331.80 | $35.30 – $9,452.96 |