Hydrxycorticsterds 17- (17-ohcs) 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

$9.74

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.

$44.66

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.

$15.58 with Partnership Health Plan vs $52.88 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.58 ↑ +60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.64 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $16.88 ↑ +73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $17.90 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $17.90 ↑ +84%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.32 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.44 ↑ +89%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $19.69 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $21.00 ↑ +116%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.48 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +121%
United Commercial|HMO $21.48 ↑ +121%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.33 ↑ +129%
United Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↑ +129%
United Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↑ +129%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $24.59 ↑ +152%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $26.85 ↑ +176%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.29 ↑ +201%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $30.37 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $32.16 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.61 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $32.61 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.29 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $35.73 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $35.73 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $35.73 ↑ +267%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.66 ↑ +307%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $44.66 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.66 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $44.66 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.66 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.66 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.66 ↑ +359%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $44.66 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.66 ↑ +359%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.88 ↑ +443%

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Hydrxycorticsterds 17- (17-ohcs) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $12.87 $15.58 – $44.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $30.94 $17.90 – $46.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.75 $17.90 – $43.77
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $28.33 $12.06 – $54.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.57 $17.90 – $51.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.40 $17.90 – $51.46
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.51 $4.47 – $35.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $13.14 $9.38 – $44.66

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