Dna gardnerella at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$75.87
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.
$348.00
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.
$6.40 with Western Health Advantage vs $59.20 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 | $6.40 | ↓ -92% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $8.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $12.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $13.33 | ↓ -82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14.43 | ↓ -81% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.61 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $14.61 | ↓ -81% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.61 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.22 | ↓ -77% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.83 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $18.26 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $18.81 | ↓ -75% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $20.09 | ↓ -74% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.39 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $44.39 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.20 | ↓ -22% |
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Dna gardnerella at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $100.23 | $6.40 – $44.39 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $41.97 | $12.24 – $18.26 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $95.36 | $2.01 – $44.39 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $135.38 | $2.01 – $44.39 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $95.36 | $2.01 – $18.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $19.65 – $158.39 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $20.05 – $200.16 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $20.05 – $226.98 |