Acetaminophen level at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$15.92
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.
$73.00
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.
$14.91 with United vs $73.00 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.91 | ↓ -6% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.91 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.91 | ↓ -6% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.40 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.58 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $18.64 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $19.20 | ↑ +21% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +29% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $22.37 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.37 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $22.37 | ↑ +41% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $25.55 | ↑ +60% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.96 | ↑ +76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.03 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.33 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $29.93 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $34.31 | ↑ +116% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.59 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.59 | ↑ +117% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $36.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $41.29 | ↑ +159% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.39 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $48.39 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $48.39 | ↑ +204% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $49.64 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $52.56 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $53.29 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.29 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $54.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.06 | ↑ +246% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $57.67 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $58.40 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $58.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $58.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $73.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Acetaminophen level at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $21.03 | $14.91 – $60.59 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $623.22 | $18.27 – $51.60 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $594.66 | $18.64 – $123.26 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $82.62 | $18.64 – $53.06 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $420.24 | $123.55 – $123.55 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $600.78 | $18.27 – $55.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $166.56 | $5.54 – $37.28 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $39.79 | $14.91 – $71.54 |