Herpes simplex 2 ag if at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$27.25
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.
$125.00
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.
$10.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $125.00 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 | $10.10 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.11 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $11.30 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $11.98 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $12.34 | ↓ -55% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13.18 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.38 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.38 | ↓ -47% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.97 | ↓ -34% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.99 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.19 | ↓ -30% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.43 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.43 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $26.54 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $33.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $33.94 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.39 | ↑ +30% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $43.75 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.25 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $58.75 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $62.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $85.00 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $90.00 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $91.25 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $91.25 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $93.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $98.75 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $125.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $125.00 | ↑ +359% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Herpes simplex 2 ag if at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $36.00 | $10.10 – $103.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $15.53 | $9.58 – $30.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14.22 | $6.55 – $36.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $28.22 | $10.10 – $23.77 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $62.13 | $10.10 – $111.72 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $13.21 | $7.98 – $41.72 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $10.43 | $6.07 – $50.50 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $9.49 | $4.85 – $50.50 |