Acetone qualitative 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

$23.33

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.

$107.00

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.

$3.76 with Partnership Health Plan vs $107.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.76 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.26 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4.52 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4.52 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.52 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.66 ↓ -80%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.97 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|< 21 $5.39 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|> 21 $5.39 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.42 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $5.42 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.42 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5.93 ↓ -75%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6.78 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.07 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $10.02 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.11 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.50 ↓ -46%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.50 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.36 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.52 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.52 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.52 ↓ -29%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $37.45 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $43.87 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $50.29 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $53.50 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $64.11 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $72.76 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $77.04 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $78.11 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $78.11 ↑ +235%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.10 ↑ +243%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $80.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $84.53 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.60 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $85.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $107.00 ↑ +359%

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Acetone qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $30.82 $3.76 – $88.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $143.82 $4.43 – $36.93
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.87 $4.52 – $183.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $129.85 $4.52 – $86.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $128.45 $4.52 – $85.32
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $106.78 $4.52 – $149.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $79.97 $3.84 – $223.04
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $84.66 $4.43 – $39.71

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