Bronchial allergy tests at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$392.19
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.
$1,799.00
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.
$38.07 with Hill Physicians vs $22,221.00 with United — 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $38.07 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $39.06 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $73.40 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $73.40 | ↓ -81% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.74 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.20 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $112.29 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.29 | ↓ -57% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.29 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $315.62 | ↓ -20% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $629.65 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $657.52 | ↑ +68% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $697.26 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $718.18 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $737.59 | ↑ +88% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $766.99 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $930.91 | ↑ +137% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,045.89 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,163.15 | ↑ +197% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,295.28 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,349.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,421.21 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,439.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,439.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,686.18 | ↑ +330% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,799.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10,710.00 | ↑ +2631% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22,221.00 | ↑ +5566% |
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Bronchial allergy tests at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $518.12 | $38.07 – $1,493.17 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $737.46 | $479.94 – $768.53 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,225.35 | $80.38 – $1,543.50 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $870.30 | $73.40 – $2,281.68 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $492.93 | $39.06 – $1,493.17 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $798.53 | $93.97 – $1,543.50 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $699.82 | $38.07 – $1,475.18 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $492.93 | $73.40 – $1,799.00 |