Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn 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.
$9.12 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 | $9.12 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $9.74 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.33 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $10.64 | ↓ -61% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $11.36 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.40 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.40 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.40 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.08 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.08 | ↓ -52% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.39 | ↓ -47% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.49 | ↓ -43% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.15 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $22.86 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.92 | ↓ -5% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.35 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.35 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.48 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $37.72 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37.72 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $37.72 | ↑ +38% |
| 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|All Other Plans | $91.25 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $91.25 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $93.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $98.75 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $100.00 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $125.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $125.00 | ↑ +359% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $36.00 | $9.12 – $103.75 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $79.72 | $10.33 – $32.23 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $5.02 | $0.82 – $15.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $236.64 | $10.12 – $81.56 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $72.34 | $2.50 – $26.60 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $87.92 | $10.33 – $25.32 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $66.25 | $1.35 – $31.27 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $81.25 | $2.50 – $29.66 |