Cryoprecipitate each unit 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

$26.60

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.

$122.00

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.

$41.24 with United vs $23,178.00 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.

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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
United Medicaid|< 21 $41.24 ↑ +55%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $41.24 ↑ +55%
United Medicaid|> 21 $41.24 ↑ +55%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $42.70 ↑ +61%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $45.36 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $50.02 ↑ +88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $77.53 ↑ +191%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $78.78 ↑ +196%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $83.54 ↑ +214%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $83.54 ↑ +214%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $83.54 ↑ +214%
United Medicare|All Plans $83.54 ↑ +214%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $83.54 ↑ +214%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $83.54 ↑ +214%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $83.54 ↑ +214%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $86.05 ↑ +223%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $87.84 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $91.50 ↑ +244%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $91.89 ↑ +245%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $95.68 ↑ +260%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $95.68 ↑ +260%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $96.38 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $97.60 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $97.60 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $122.00 ↑ +359%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $125.31 ↑ +371%
United Commercial|HMO $11,514.00 ↑ +43186%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23,178.00 ↑ +87035%

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Cryoprecipitate each unit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $35.14 $41.24 – $101.26
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $245.72 $62.40 – $437.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $44.06 $12.71 – $86.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $267.75 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $178.48 $41.24 – $272.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $64.61 $25.10 – $95.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $163.47 $41.24 – $272.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $969.80 $41.24 – $433.60

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