Herpes simplex type 1 antibody igg 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

$4.82

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.

$22.11

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.

$4.73 with Western Health Advantage vs $38.93 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 $4.73 ↓ -2%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.54 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6.35 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.75 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.18 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.72 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9.86 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.86 ↑ +105%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.13 ↑ +110%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $10.67 ↑ +121%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10.80 ↑ +124%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↑ +124%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.72 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $12.44 ↑ +158%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $13.19 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $13.19 ↑ +174%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13.50 ↑ +180%
United Medicaid|> 21 $13.50 ↑ +180%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.50 ↑ +180%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
United Medicaid|< 21 $13.50 ↑ +180%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $13.50 ↑ +180%
United Commercial|HMO $13.50 ↑ +180%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $13.50 ↑ +180%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.50 ↑ +180%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $13.59 ↑ +182%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $14.51 ↑ +201%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $19.79 ↑ +311%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $29.20 ↑ +506%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.93 ↑ +708%

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Herpes simplex type 1 antibody igg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $6.37 $4.73 – $29.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $62.05 $4.67 – $34.98
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $25.48 $1.23 – $19.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.86 $12.93 – $107.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $9.47 $6.75 – $33.97
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $158.51 $7.31 – $13.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $8.67 $3.65 – $39.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.31 $4.50 – $37.89

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