H pylori drug admin at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$9.60
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.
$44.00
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.
$6.99 with Partnership Health Plan vs $44.00 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 | $6.99 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7.41 | ↓ -23% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $7.86 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $8.10 | ↓ -16% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $8.65 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.43 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.43 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.43 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↑ +4% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.03 | ↑ +15% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.79 | ↑ +23% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.14 | ↑ +37% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $15.40 | ↑ +60% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $17.41 | ↑ +81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.04 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.63 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $20.68 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.21 | ↑ +142% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.27 | ↑ +142% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.27 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.72 | ↑ +199% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $28.72 | ↑ +199% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $28.72 | ↑ +199% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $29.92 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $31.68 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $32.12 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32.12 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $34.76 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $35.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $35.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $35.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +358% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $44.00 | ↑ +358% |
Visitor-reported prices
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H pylori drug admin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $12.68 | $6.99 – $36.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $33.39 | $7.86 – $26.46 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $30.58 | $7.29 – $26.46 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $12.06 | $4.84 – $36.52 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $17.12 | $4.84 – $36.08 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $12.06 | $4.84 – $44.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $7.70 – $63.86 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $7.86 – $80.70 |