Antibody lymphocytic choriomeningitis at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$3.06
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.
$14.01
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.
$4.91 with Western Health Advantage vs $38.02 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4.91 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.75 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $6.59 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.01 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $9.53 | ↑ +211% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10.09 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $10.23 | ↑ +234% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.23 | ↑ +234% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10.51 | ↑ +243% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11.07 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11.21 | ↑ +266% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $11.21 | ↑ +266% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11.21 | ↑ +266% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.44 | ↑ +274% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $12.14 | ↑ +297% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $12.87 | ↑ +321% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $13.26 | ↑ +333% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.01 | ↑ +358% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $14.16 | ↑ +363% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.30 | ↑ +531% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $28.52 | ↑ +832% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38.02 | ↑ +1142% |
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Antibody lymphocytic choriomeningitis at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $4.04 | $4.91 – $28.52 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.64 | $2.57 – $18.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $43.76 | $12.61 – $105.08 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12.62 | $8.78 – $37.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $12.48 | $8.78 – $37.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $43.76 | $12.87 – $132.79 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $43.76 | $12.87 – $150.59 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $19.42 | $1.76 – $14.05 |