Iron binding capacity at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$19.41
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.
$89.00
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.
$6.89 with Partnership Health Plan vs $89.00 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 | $6.89 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $8.24 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $8.74 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $9.00 | ↓ -54% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $9.61 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $9.88 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $9.88 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $10.49 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10.49 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.49 | ↓ -46% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.87 | ↓ -44% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.95 | ↓ -33% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.11 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.70 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $19.35 | ↓ -0% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.92 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $26.96 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.96 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $26.96 | ↑ +39% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $31.15 | ↑ +60% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.49 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $41.83 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $44.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $60.52 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $64.08 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $64.97 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $64.97 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $70.31 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $71.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $71.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $71.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $89.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $89.00 | ↑ +359% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Iron binding capacity at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $25.64 | $6.89 – $73.87 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $100.74 | $8.74 – $27.27 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.90 | $1.75 – $16.49 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $217.77 | $8.57 – $55.84 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $168.64 | $2.34 – $22.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $154.45 | $1.27 – $26.47 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $96.84 | $8.74 – $83.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $95.79 | $8.74 – $82.16 |