Anca screen with reflex to titer -quest at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$13.71
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.
$62.86
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.
$13.38 with Partnership Health Plan vs $62.86 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.38 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $14.19 | ↑ +4% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $15.05 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $15.50 | ↑ +13% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $16.55 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18.06 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.06 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.06 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $19.19 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $19.19 | ↑ +40% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.11 | ↑ +54% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $22.01 | ↑ +61% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.57 | ↑ +65% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.15 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.78 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $29.55 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $31.43 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $33.32 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.47 | ↑ +159% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $42.75 | ↑ +212% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.43 | ↑ +224% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.52 | ↑ +225% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.52 | ↑ +225% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.26 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $45.89 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.89 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $47.15 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $49.66 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $50.29 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $50.29 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $50.29 | ↑ +267% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $55.02 | ↑ +301% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $55.02 | ↑ +301% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.02 | ↑ +301% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $62.86 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $62.86 | ↑ +358% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Anca screen with reflex to titer -quest at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $18.11 | $13.38 – $52.18 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $27.54 | $15.05 – $49.04 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $51.00 | $14.75 – $122.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.91 | $15.05 – $61.61 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $41.87 | $15.05 – $61.61 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24.65 | $15.05 – $61.61 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $140.24 | $12.50 – $43.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $138.73 | $12.50 – $43.24 |