Cytp urine 3-5 probes cmptr 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

$97.45

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.

$447.00

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.

$152.25 with Western Health Advantage vs $1,169.05 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 $152.25 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $178.35 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $212.34 ↑ +118%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +131%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +131%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +131%
United Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +131%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $225.18 ↑ +131%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $225.18 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $231.94 ↑ +138%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $247.70 ↑ +154%
United Medicaid|> 21 $307.14 ↑ +215%
United Medicaid|< 21 $307.14 ↑ +215%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $307.14 ↑ +215%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $313.20 ↑ +221%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $326.25 ↑ +235%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $337.77 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $337.85 ↑ +247%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $343.65 ↑ +253%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $348.00 ↑ +257%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $348.00 ↑ +257%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $348.00 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $349.51 ↑ +259%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $349.51 ↑ +259%
United Commercial|HMO $349.51 ↑ +259%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $401.58 ↑ +312%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $435.00 ↑ +346%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $435.00 ↑ +346%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $435.00 ↑ +346%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $435.00 ↑ +346%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $876.72 ↑ +800%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,169.05 ↑ +1100%

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Cytp urine 3-5 probes cmptr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $128.74 $152.25 – $876.72
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $172.30 $106.21 – $1,050.42
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $168.36 $196.68 – $1,020.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $284.59 $103.48 – $392.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $154.20 $106.21 – $1,199.16
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $243.62 $225.18 – $435.00
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $167.44 $197.80 – $1,378.26
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $122.48 $47.85 – $876.72

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