Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative 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

$85.02

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.

$390.00

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.

$10.95 with Partnership Health Plan vs $75.00 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 $10.95 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.62 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.32 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $12.32 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $12.32 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.69 ↓ -85%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13.55 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.78 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.78 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $14.78 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $15.71 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|> 21 $15.71 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -80%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $18.48 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.59 ↓ -76%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $27.29 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $30.75 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $31.16 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $35.25 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.39 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $36.45 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $36.45 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $37.50 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.04 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.04 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.04 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $51.00 ↓ -40%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $54.00 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $54.75 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $54.75 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $56.25 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $59.25 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $60.00 ↓ -29%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↓ -29%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $75.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $75.00 ↓ -12%

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Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $112.32 $10.95 – $62.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $72.27 $9.72 – $32.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $23.16 $2.46 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $273.87 $12.07 – $100.63
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $45.80 $12.32 – $73.50
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $86.58 $12.32 – $73.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $45.48 $12.32 – $73.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $54.54 $12.32 – $35.41

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