Frozen blood thaw at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$54.07
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.
$248.00
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.
$86.80 with Western Health Advantage vs $337.77 with Prison Healthcare — 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 | $86.80 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.63 | ↑ +88% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $101.68 | ↑ +88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $164.50 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.50 | ↑ +204% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $164.50 | ↑ +204% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $178.56 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $186.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $195.92 | ↑ +262% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $196.18 | ↑ +263% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $198.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $198.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $198.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $212.34 | ↑ +293% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $225.18 | ↑ +316% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $231.94 | ↑ +329% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $247.70 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $248.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $248.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $248.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $248.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $248.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $261.59 | ↑ +384% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $337.77 | ↑ +525% |
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Frozen blood thaw at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $71.43 | $86.80 – $229.69 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $149.85 | $216.45 – $793.22 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $83.98 | $71.14 – $301.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $168.95 | $73.28 – $303.80 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $67.96 | $27.28 – $281.48 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $96.48 | $27.28 – $248.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $67.96 | $27.28 – $248.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $306.60 | $6.26 – $566.82 |