Blood occult feces colorectal neoplasm screening qualitative 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

$12.21

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.

$56.00

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.

$2.92 with Partnership Health Plan vs $56.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.13 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4.19 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4.19 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4.38 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4.38 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.51 ↓ -63%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.61 ↓ -62%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.82 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.26 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.26 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $5.26 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -55%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6.57 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.59 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $9.71 ↓ -20%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.89 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.89 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.89 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.95 ↑ +6%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $19.60 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $22.96 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $26.32 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $28.00 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $35.58 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $38.08 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.32 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $40.88 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $40.88 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.24 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.46 ↑ +264%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $56.00 ↑ +359%

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Blood occult feces colorectal neoplasm screening qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $16.13 $2.92 – $46.48
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.67 $4.38 – $13.67
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $0.88 – $13.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $111.69 $4.29 – $20.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.49 $3.56 – $11.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.61 $4.19 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $57.24 $3.24 – $13.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $74.58 $4.10 – $39.20

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