Haptoglobin quantitative 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

$75.21

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.

$345.00

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.

$9.31 with Western Health Advantage vs $37.16 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 $9.31 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $10.91 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.99 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.86 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $12.51 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $12.58 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $12.58 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.58 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.96 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13.30 ↓ -82%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13.84 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.10 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.10 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $15.10 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|< 21 $15.76 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $15.76 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $17.34 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $18.09 ↓ -76%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $18.87 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.16 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $19.42 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $19.42 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $19.95 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.66 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.02 ↓ -72%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $21.28 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $21.28 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $21.28 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $26.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $26.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $26.60 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.60 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $26.60 ↓ -65%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $26.60 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $27.87 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.16 ↓ -51%

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Haptoglobin quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $99.36 $9.31 – $27.87
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $125.27 $2.16 – $33.39
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $2.52 – $18.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $102.51 $12.33 – $102.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $136.11 $4.00 – $32.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $20.95 $12.58 – $30.83
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $124.66 $2.16 – $38.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.77 $4.00 – $36.16

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