Cytopath smear other source at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$32.92
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.
$151.00
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.
$48.70 with Partnership Health Plan vs $224.83 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.70 | ↑ +48% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $52.85 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $59.71 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $59.71 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.71 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $61.91 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $66.21 | ↑ +101% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $69.86 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $69.86 | ↑ +112% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $70.21 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $72.32 | ↑ +120% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.85 | ↑ +133% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $77.23 | ↑ +135% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.56 | ↑ +178% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $104.87 | ↑ +219% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.31 | ↑ +220% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $108.72 | ↑ +230% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $110.93 | ↑ +237% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $113.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $114.58 | ↑ +248% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $114.58 | ↑ +248% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $114.58 | ↑ +248% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $119.29 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $120.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $120.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $168.61 | ↑ +412% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.83 | ↑ +583% |
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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 | $43.49 | $48.70 – $168.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $102.51 | $70.23 – $98.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $66.06 | $25.66 – $97.20 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $56.40 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $55.79 | $38.00 – $218.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $230.52 | $73.99 – $106.40 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $82.11 | $67.02 – $120.66 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $73.07 | $12.80 – $102.37 |