Helicobacter pylori antibody igm 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

$20.71

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.

$95.00

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.

$5.62 with Western Health Advantage vs $49.75 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 $5.62 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.58 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.54 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.02 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $10.91 ↓ -47%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.71 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $11.71 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.03 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.68 ↓ -39%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $12.84 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12.84 ↓ -38%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.84 ↓ -38%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.13 ↓ -27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.04 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $16.04 ↓ -23%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.04 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.04 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.04 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.04 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.04 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.53 ↓ -20%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $17.65 ↓ -15%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $24.06 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.31 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.75 ↑ +140%

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Helicobacter pylori antibody igm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $27.36 $5.62 – $37.31
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $103.37 $16.85 – $184.08
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.84 $3.37 – $27.16
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $430.44 $16.51 – $121.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.87 $8.02 – $43.41
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $28.06 $16.85 – $41.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.29 $4.34 – $51.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.05 $9.50 – $48.41

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