Blood Clotting (PTT) Test 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

$52.32

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.

$240.00

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.

$1.91 with Western Health Advantage vs $17.76 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 $1.91 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.23 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.56 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.72 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3.70 ↓ -93%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.97 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.97 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.08 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.29 ↓ -92%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.35 ↓ -92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.13 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.34 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5.43 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.43 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5.43 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $5.43 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|> 21 $5.43 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $5.60 ↓ -89%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -89%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $8.15 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $13.32 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.76 ↓ -66%

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Blood Clotting (PTT) Test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $69.12 $1.91 – $13.32
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $145.86 $1.81 – $15.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.32 $1.20 – $8.81
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $130.56 $5.89 – $49.02
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $102.30 $3.34 – $15.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $109.89 $3.61 – $6.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $93.69 $1.81 – $18.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $161.02 $2.00 – $17.29

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