Carbohydrate deficient transf - 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

$63.53

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.

$291.40

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.

$3.27 with Western Health Advantage vs $53.33 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 $3.27 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3.83 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.39 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.66 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6.34 ↓ -90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.72 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.81 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6.81 ↓ -89%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.99 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.37 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7.46 ↓ -88%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.46 ↓ -88%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.79 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.32 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.32 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.32 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.32 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $9.32 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $9.32 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.60 ↓ -85%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -84%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $13.98 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $40.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.33 ↓ -16%

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Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $83.93 $3.27 – $40.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $3.61 – $42.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $124.72 $9.32 – $93.79
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $114.23 $9.32 – $93.79
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $35.51 $9.32 – $76.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $35.13 $9.32 – $75.61
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $54.65 $9.57 – $76.56
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $28.14 $9.32 – $78.48

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