Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg 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

$6.98

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.

$32.00

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.

$3.06 with Western Health Advantage vs $42.48 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 $3.06 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3.59 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.11 ↓ -41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.37 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5.95 ↓ -15%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.30 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.39 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6.39 ↓ -8%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.56 ↓ -6%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6.91 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7.00 ↑ +0%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.00 ↑ +0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.00 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.25 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $8.74 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.74 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.74 ↑ +25%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|HMO $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Medicaid|< 21 $8.74 ↑ +25%
United Medicaid|> 21 $8.74 ↑ +25%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $8.74 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $8.74 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.01 ↑ +29%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $9.62 ↑ +38%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $13.11 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $31.86 ↑ +356%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $42.48 ↑ +509%

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Cytomegalovirus (cmv) antibody igg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $9.22 $3.06 – $31.86
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $92.42 $2.70 – $38.17
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $197.88 $14.10 – $117.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $34.24 $4.37 – $37.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $382.29 $5.42 – $10.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $31.36 $2.36 – $43.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.78 $4.37 – $41.34
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.57 $4.37 – $41.34

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