Xray endovasc thor ao repr 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

$2,256.96

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.

$10,353.00

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.

$326.19 with United vs $10,180.17 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.

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $326.19 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|< 21 $326.19 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $358.81 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $613.24 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $619.74 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $756.76 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $756.76 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,152.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,152.85 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,152.85 ↓ -49%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,402.62 ↓ -38%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,623.55 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,244.73 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|HMO $5,176.50 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,176.50 ↑ +129%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,176.50 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,620.30 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7,022.43 ↑ +211%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,454.16 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,764.75 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,178.87 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,282.40 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,282.40 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,180.17 ↑ +351%

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Xray endovasc thor ao repr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $2,981.67 $326.19 – $8,592.99
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,098.66 $50.00 – $10,994.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,043.69 $326.19 – $9,552.68
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,952.61 $4,639.93 – $4,639.93
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,482.43 $326.18 – $9,712.90
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $6,560.16 $1,767.71 – $5,195.42
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $6,666.68 $50.00 – $12,168.30
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $4,574.70 $326.19 – $8,641.10

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