Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$79.57
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.
$365.00
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.
$67.03 with United vs $23,178.00 with United — 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $67.03 | ↓ -16% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.03 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $67.03 | ↓ -16% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.73 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $104.46 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $110.77 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $114.09 | ↑ +43% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $121.85 | ↑ +53% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.02 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.36 | ↑ +60% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $127.75 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.65 | ↑ +88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.51 | ↑ +95% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $155.51 | ↑ +95% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.16 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $229.95 | ↑ +189% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $262.80 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $273.75 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $288.35 | ↑ +262% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $288.35 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $292.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $365.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $365.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +14370% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +29029% |
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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $105.12 | $67.03 – $302.95 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $101.62 | $62.64 – $214.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $46.03 | $16.86 – $110.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $46.41 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $156.22 | $67.03 – $238.14 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $129.21 | $21.48 – $81.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $143.08 | $65.61 – $238.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $314.61 | $67.03 – $621.60 |