Fructosamine glycated protein at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2.06

Cash price

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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.

$9.42

Gross charge

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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.

$3.30 with Western Health Advantage vs $49.47 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3.30 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3.87 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.43 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.71 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6.41 ↑ +211%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.79 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $6.88 ↑ +234%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6.88 ↑ +234%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.07 ↑ +243%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.45 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7.54 ↑ +266%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.54 ↑ +266%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.54 ↑ +266%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.89 ↑ +332%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.42 ↑ +357%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9.42 ↑ +357%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9.42 ↑ +357%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Commercial|HMO $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.42 ↑ +357%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.42 ↑ +357%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $9.42 ↑ +357%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $9.42 ↑ +357%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.71 ↑ +371%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10.37 ↑ +403%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $14.13 ↑ +586%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.10 ↑ +1701%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.47 ↑ +2301%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.13 $2.55 – $44.45
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.90 $2.46 – $22.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $19.38 $16.42 – $123.05
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4.04 $4.71 – $43.17
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.28 $5.10 – $9.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3.70 $2.55 – $50.75
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3.50 $4.71 – $48.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3.46 $4.71 – $48.14

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