Chlamydia type 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

$4.91

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.

$22.50

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.

$2.13 with Western Health Advantage vs $16.45 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 $2.13 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.49 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.86 ↓ -42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.04 ↓ -38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $4.13 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.38 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $4.44 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $4.44 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -7%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.80 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.86 ↓ -1%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -1%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.95 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.25 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.57 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.57 ↑ +13%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $5.57 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $5.74 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.07 ↑ +24%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.07 ↑ +24%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.07 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.07 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|HMO $6.07 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.07 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.07 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.07 ↑ +24%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $6.13 ↑ +25%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $8.36 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $12.33 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.45 ↑ +235%

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Chlamydia type at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $6.48 $2.13 – $12.33
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.07 $1.11 – $8.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.98 $5.46 – $45.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.63 $5.57 – $16.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.82 $4.52 – $16.87
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $8.35 $5.57 – $18.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $8.26 $5.57 – $17.78
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $34.98 $5.57 – $57.58

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