Culture fungi definitive id yeast 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

$15.05

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.

$69.00

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.

$8.12 with Partnership Health Plan vs $69.00 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 $8.12 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $9.73 ↓ -35%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
United Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $10.32 ↓ -31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $10.32 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $10.63 ↓ -29%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $11.35 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|< 21 $11.65 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|> 21 $11.65 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $12.38 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.38 ↓ -18%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.81 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $15.27 ↑ +1%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $15.48 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $22.86 ↑ +52%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $24.15 ↑ +60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $25.92 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $27.03 ↑ +80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $27.03 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $28.29 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.48 ↑ +103%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $32.43 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $34.50 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $37.72 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $37.72 ↑ +151%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.72 ↑ +151%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $46.92 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $49.68 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $50.37 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $50.37 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $51.75 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $54.51 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $55.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $55.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.20 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $69.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $69.00 ↑ +358%

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Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $19.88 $8.12 – $57.27
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $30.26 $10.32 – $53.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $233.58 $10.11 – $84.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $102.72 $10.32 – $32.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $89.25 $10.32 – $25.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.52 $9.45 – $34.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $51.94 $10.32 – $29.66
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $51.38 $10.32 – $29.66

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