Hcg 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

$110.75

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.

$508.00

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.

$4.90 with Western Health Advantage vs $44.43 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 $4.90 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.74 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6.58 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.00 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.52 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.22 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $10.22 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.06 ↓ -90%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $11.20 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.21 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.00 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $14.00 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.00 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $14.00 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $14.00 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $14.42 ↓ -87%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -86%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $21.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $33.32 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.43 ↓ -60%

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Hcg quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $146.31 $4.90 – $33.32
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $239.59 $3.78 – $39.92
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $28.80 $3.01 – $21.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $405.45 $14.75 – $117.61
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $558.12 $7.00 – $38.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $338.33 $15.05 – $497.84
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $54.49 $3.78 – $45.57
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $140.98 $7.00 – $43.24

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