Cytopath smear other source at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$11.12
Cash price 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.
$51.00
Gross charge 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.
$17.85 with Western Health Advantage vs $138.97 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $17.85 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.91 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.60 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29.60 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29.60 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $30.35 | ↑ +173% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.95 | ↑ +187% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $32.18 | ↑ +189% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $33.15 | ↑ +198% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $35.40 | ↑ +218% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.72 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $38.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $40.29 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $40.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.80 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.83 | ↑ +312% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.83 | ↑ +312% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.27 | ↑ +334% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.41 | ↑ +353% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $51.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $104.22 | ↑ +837% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $138.97 | ↑ +1150% |
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Cytopath smear other source at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $14.69 | $17.85 – $104.22 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $42.05 | $25.92 – $124.87 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $146.37 | $38.98 – $45.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $40.98 | $15.92 – $60.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $41.56 | $22.00 – $135.24 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $41.11 | $22.00 – $135.24 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $97.92 | $41.07 – $49.66 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $238.68 | $37.20 – $56.31 |