Cytogenom microarray copy nmbr var 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

$365.11

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.

$1,674.80

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.

$574.30 with Aetna vs $2,657.66 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
Aetna Commercial|HMO $574.30 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $574.30 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $574.30 ↑ +57%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $586.18 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $686.67 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $848.70 ↑ +132%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
United Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $900.00 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $900.00 ↑ +147%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $927.00 ↑ +154%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $990.00 ↑ +171%
United Commercial|HMO $1,080.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,080.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,080.00 ↑ +196%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,205.86 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,256.10 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,323.10 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,339.84 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,339.84 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,339.84 ↑ +267%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,350.00 ↑ +270%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,674.80 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,674.80 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,993.10 ↑ +446%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,657.66 ↑ +628%

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Cytogenom microarray copy nmbr var at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $482.35 $586.18 – $1,993.10
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $912.77 $900.00 – $1,641.31
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $458.90 $184.23 – $1,993.10
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $651.50 $184.23 – $1,993.10
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $458.90 $184.23 – $1,674.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $882.00 – $2,122.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $900.00 – $2,682.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $900.00 – $5,069.32

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