Evaluation cervicovaginal fluid for specific amniotic fluid proteins qualitative each specimen at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$118.81
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.
$545.00
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.
$92.52 with BCBS - Anthem vs $545.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $92.52 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $98.11 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $101.05 | ↓ -15% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $107.92 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $117.73 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $117.73 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $117.73 | ↓ -1% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $190.75 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $217.26 | ↑ +83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $223.45 | ↑ +88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $235.32 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $235.32 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $235.32 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $256.15 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $272.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $289.71 | ↑ +144% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $370.60 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $392.40 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $397.85 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $397.85 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $408.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $430.55 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $436.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $436.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $436.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $545.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $545.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Evaluation cervicovaginal fluid for specific amniotic fluid proteins qualitative each specimen at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $156.96 | $92.52 – $452.35 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $211.12 | $98.11 – $375.96 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $184.67 | $19.62 – $286.15 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $432.48 | $96.15 – $399.15 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $205.44 | $98.11 – $317.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $188.16 | $87.48 – $317.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $159.91 | $98.11 – $322.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $158.18 | $98.11 – $281.93 |