Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$10.25
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.
$47.00
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.
$3.46 with Partnership Health Plan vs $47.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.46 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $3.92 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $4.04 | ↓ -61% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $4.31 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4.70 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.70 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4.70 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $4.96 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $4.96 | ↓ -52% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.46 | ↓ -47% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.50 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $8.69 | ↓ -15% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.51 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.51 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.58 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.29 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.29 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.29 | ↑ +39% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $16.45 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.27 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $22.09 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $23.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $31.96 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $33.84 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.31 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $34.31 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $35.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $37.13 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $37.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $37.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.60 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $47.00 | ↑ +359% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $13.54 | $3.46 – $39.01 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $48.62 | $3.92 – $12.24 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $7.51 | $0.78 – $11.64 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $46.92 | $3.84 – $32.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $38.10 | $3.92 – $14.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $47.29 | $3.92 – $9.61 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $34.89 | $3.92 – $14.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $50.83 | $3.92 – $12.80 |