C1 esterase inhibitor func - sendout 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

$4.36

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.

$20.00

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.

$3.68 with Western Health Advantage vs $35.44 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 $3.68 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.94 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.26 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $7.15 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.57 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7.68 ↑ +76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7.68 ↑ +76%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.89 ↑ +81%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.31 ↑ +91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $8.41 ↑ +93%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8.41 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.41 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $9.92 ↑ +128%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10.51 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $10.51 ↑ +141%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $10.51 ↑ +141%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|HMO $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Medicaid|< 21 $10.51 ↑ +141%
United Medicaid|> 21 $10.51 ↑ +141%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.51 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $10.51 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $10.83 ↑ +148%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $11.57 ↑ +165%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $15.77 ↑ +262%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $26.57 ↑ +509%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.44 ↑ +713%

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C1 esterase inhibitor func - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $5.76 $3.68 – $26.57
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5.62 $3.47 – $31.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $86.00 $2.40 – $17.61
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.55 $11.76 – $97.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $121.39 $6.42 – $30.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $199.80 $6.94 – $12.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $111.18 $3.47 – $36.35
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $37.10 $6.53 – $34.48

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