Assay of thiocyanate at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$2.77
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.
$12.67
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.
$4.44 with Western Health Advantage vs $34.35 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 | $4.44 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.20 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $5.96 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $6.34 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $8.62 | ↑ +211% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $9.13 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $9.25 | ↑ +234% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.25 | ↑ +234% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9.51 | ↑ +243% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $10.01 | ↑ +261% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10.14 | ↑ +266% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $10.14 | ↑ +266% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10.14 | ↑ +266% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.34 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10.97 | ↑ +296% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $11.63 | ↑ +320% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $11.98 | ↑ +332% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.67 | ↑ +357% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $12.79 | ↑ +362% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.45 | ↑ +530% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $25.76 | ↑ +830% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.35 | ↑ +1140% |
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Assay of thiocyanate at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $3.65 | $4.44 – $25.76 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.66 | $2.33 – $32.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $45.37 | $11.63 – $79.87 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $41.56 | $11.63 – $79.87 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $39.33 | $10.50 – $33.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $38.91 | $10.50 – $33.42 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $60.53 | $2.10 – $16.80 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $31.17 | $4.41 – $21.00 |