Infect ag if legionella pneumophila 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

$54.94

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.

$252.00

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.

$10.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $230.69 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.

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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 $10.10 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|> 21 $14.49 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|< 21 $14.49 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $14.71 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $15.60 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.60 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $15.60 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $15.94 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.07 ↓ -71%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $17.16 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.72 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.72 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $18.72 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.99 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -60%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $23.40 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $33.62 ↓ -39%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $33.62 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.94 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.94 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.94 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $34.55 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.07 ↓ -16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $88.20 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $103.32 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $118.44 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $126.00 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $127.36 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $159.13 ↑ +190%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $171.36 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $181.44 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $183.96 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $183.96 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $189.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $199.08 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $201.60 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $201.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $230.69 ↑ +320%

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Infect ag if legionella pneumophila at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $72.58 $10.10 – $209.16
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.14 $8.10 – $41.39
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $7.74 $15.29 – $73.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $14.19 – $44.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $14.19 – $44.83
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $7.74 $15.60 – $92.72
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7.74 $15.60 – $105.14
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00

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