Disaccharidases 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

$28.78

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.

$132.00

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.

$6.89 with Western Health Advantage vs $65.46 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 $6.89 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $8.07 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.25 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.83 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $13.37 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.36 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.36 ↓ -50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $14.75 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $15.54 ↓ -46%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $15.73 ↓ -45%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -45%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.74 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $18.54 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $19.66 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $19.66 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $19.66 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $19.66 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|< 21 $19.66 ↓ -32%
United Medicaid|> 21 $19.66 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $20.25 ↓ -30%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -25%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $29.49 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $49.09 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.46 ↑ +127%

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Disaccharidases at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $38.02 $6.89 – $49.09
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $78.84 $22.17 – $140.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $195.31 $4.43 – $60.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $41.95 $21.73 – $146.79
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $177.62 $22.17 – $60.59
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $224.31 $22.17 – $60.59
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $162.68 $16.70 – $67.15
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $120.88 $22.17 – $260.64

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