Apheresis plasma at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,154.75
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.
$5,297.00
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.
$93.35 with Hill Physicians vs $7,197.00 with Health Net — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $93.35 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $708.98 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,121.46 | ↓ -3% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,355.68 | ↑ +17% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,687.00 | ↑ +46% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,837.31 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,856.85 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,976.20 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,031.39 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,126.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,154.18 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,218.81 | ↑ +92% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,369.60 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,658.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,859.26 | ↑ +148% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,859.26 | ↑ +148% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,231.27 | ↑ +180% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,470.40 | ↑ +201% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,615.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,807.80 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,854.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,856.00 | ↑ +234% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,856.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,902.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,202.35 | ↑ +264% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,820.00 | ↑ +317% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,003.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,003.00 | ↑ +506% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,197.00 | ↑ +523% |
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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $1,525.54 | $93.35 – $4,202.35 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,230.31 | $1,121.46 – $5,106.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,511.95 | $1,041.39 – $3,779.86 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $949.39 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $986.13 | $1,121.46 – $2,559.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $12,260.91 | $2,211.33 – $7,455.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,487.49 | $2,003.11 – $8,018.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,334.36 | $877.59 – $3,510.36 |