Adenovirus antibody,serum - quest 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

$17.23

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.

$79.00

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.

$11.44 with Partnership Health Plan vs $79.00 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 $11.44 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $12.14 ↓ -30%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $12.87 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $12.87 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $13.26 ↓ -23%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.44 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.44 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $15.44 ↓ -10%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.41 ↓ -5%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.41 ↓ -5%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $18.05 ↑ +5%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $19.30 ↑ +12%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.51 ↑ +25%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $27.65 ↑ +60%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $28.52 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $32.39 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $32.60 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $37.13 ↑ +115%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.02 ↑ +121%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $38.07 ↑ +121%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $38.07 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $39.50 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $47.01 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.01 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $47.01 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $53.72 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $56.88 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $57.67 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $57.67 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $59.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $62.41 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $63.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $63.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $63.20 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $79.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $79.00 ↑ +359%

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Adenovirus antibody,serum - quest at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $22.76 $11.44 – $65.57
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.01 $2.57 – $18.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $12.16 $12.61 – $105.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.83 $6.50 – $37.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.78 $6.50 – $37.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12.16 $12.87 – $132.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $12.16 $12.87 – $150.59
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $7.43 $1.30 – $10.40

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