X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$368.21
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.
$1,689.00
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.
$90.14 with United vs $1,419.72 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $90.14 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $90.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.15 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.14 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.27 | ↓ -53% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $174.61 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $209.12 | ↓ -43% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $209.12 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $220.61 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $240.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $250.48 | ↓ -32% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $257.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $350.91 | ↓ -5% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $387.59 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $487.81 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $487.81 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $487.81 | ↑ +32% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $591.15 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $692.49 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $721.74 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $783.81 | ↑ +113% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $962.39 | ↑ +161% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $979.35 | ↑ +166% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,216.08 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,266.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,334.31 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,351.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,351.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,419.72 | ↑ +286% |
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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $486.44 | $90.14 – $1,401.87 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $798.92 | $136.37 – $1,422.72 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $1,355.20 | $238.00 – $238.00 |