Blood gases ph venous at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$32.92
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.
$151.00
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.
$6.67 with Partnership Health Plan vs $151.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.67 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.57 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.57 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10.37 | ↓ -68% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $11.00 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $11.33 | ↓ -66% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $12.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.54 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $13.20 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.20 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13.20 | ↓ -60% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.50 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.37 | ↓ -38% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $24.36 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $30.94 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $30.94 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.94 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.48 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $52.85 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.91 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $70.97 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $75.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $102.68 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $108.72 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $110.23 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $110.23 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $113.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $119.29 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $119.92 | ↑ +264% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $120.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $149.83 | ↑ +355% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Blood gases ph venous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $43.49 | $6.67 – $125.33 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $196.67 | $11.00 – $350.22 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $20.66 | $2.20 – $32.01 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $419.58 | $9.57 – $497.84 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $131.04 | $9.35 – $22.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $166.50 | $6.67 – $209.72 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $464.85 | $9.57 – $878.05 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $102.96 | $9.57 – $328.00 |