Administration immunization each additional vaccine at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$61.04
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.
$280.00
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.
$8.47 with BCBS - Anthem vs $280.00 with United — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $13.54 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $15.67 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $98.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.80 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $201.60 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $210.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $221.20 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $224.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $224.00 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $280.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Administration immunization each additional vaccine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $80.64 | $8.47 – $277.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $56.51 | $17.92 – $88.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.58 | $15.17 – $35.89 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $90.78 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $98.87 | $115.50 – $226.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $139.86 | $7.77 – $29.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $90.56 | $62.37 – $226.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $83.48 | $112.50 – $180.00 |