Assay of adp & amp 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

$6.22

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.

$28.52

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.

$9.99 with Western Health Advantage vs $76.19 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $9.99 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $11.70 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13.41 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.26 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $19.40 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.54 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $20.82 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.82 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.39 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.54 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $22.82 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $22.82 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $22.82 ↑ +267%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $22.93 ↑ +269%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $24.33 ↑ +291%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
United Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $25.80 ↑ +315%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $25.80 ↑ +315%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $25.80 ↑ +315%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $26.57 ↑ +327%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $28.38 ↑ +356%
United Medicaid|> 21 $28.52 ↑ +359%
United Medicaid|< 21 $28.52 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $28.52 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $28.52 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $28.52 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $28.52 ↑ +359%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.52 ↑ +359%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $28.52 ↑ +359%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $38.70 ↑ +522%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $57.14 ↑ +819%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.19 ↑ +1125%

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Assay of adp & amp at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $8.22 $9.99 – $57.14
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $15.55 $19.11 – $28.52
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $7.82 $3.14 – $57.14
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $11.10 $3.14 – $57.14
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $7.82 $3.14 – $28.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $25.28 – $210.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $25.80 – $266.07
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $25.80 – $301.73

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