Blood typing patient serum 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

$11.56

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.

$53.00

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.

$6.84 with Partnership Health Plan vs $117.09 with Prison Healthcare — 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 $6.84 ↓ -41%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.81 ↓ -15%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.81 ↓ -15%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $10.79 ↓ -7%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.86 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.00 ↑ +12%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.34 ↑ +41%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↑ +41%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $18.55 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|HMO $19.61 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.61 ↑ +70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.61 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $21.73 ↑ +88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $22.76 ↑ +97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $22.76 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $24.91 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.50 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.75 ↑ +201%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.75 ↑ +201%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.75 ↑ +201%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $36.04 ↑ +212%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $36.18 ↑ +213%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $38.16 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $38.69 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $38.69 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.75 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $41.87 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $42.40 ↑ +267%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.25 ↑ +317%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $49.98 ↑ +332%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↑ +358%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +358%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.00 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $53.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $54.59 ↑ +372%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $58.30 ↑ +404%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $78.06 ↑ +575%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $78.06 ↑ +575%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.06 ↑ +575%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $117.09 ↑ +913%

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Blood typing patient serum at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $15.27 $6.84 – $53.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $71.28 $3.27 – $99.91
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $35.30 $9.81 – $51.94
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $15.59 $9.81 – $53.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $28.89 $9.37 – $53.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $21.18 $23.18 – $140.37
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $34.40 $9.81 – $272.65
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $38.70 $6.84 – $88.00

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