Drug test def 15-21 classes at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$27.25
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.
$125.00
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.
$26.25 with Western Health Advantage vs $586.86 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 | $26.25 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.75 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $35.25 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $37.50 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $51.00 | ↑ +87% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.75 | ↑ +101% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $54.75 | ↑ +101% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $56.25 | ↑ +106% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $59.25 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $60.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $60.00 | ↑ +120% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $60.00 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $70.73 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $75.00 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $77.25 | ↑ +183% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $82.50 | ↑ +203% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $112.50 | ↑ +313% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $440.12 | ↑ +1515% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $586.86 | ↑ +2054% |
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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $36.00 | $26.25 – $440.12 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $54.75 | $20.25 – $527.31 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $50.94 | $20.00 – $512.07 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $49.90 | $40.55 – $74.91 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $46.65 | $10.80 – $601.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $46.38 | $50.00 – $571.10 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.88 | $50.00 – $571.10 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $71.38 | $10.00 – $80.00 |