Manual diff wbc count b-coat 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

$13.74

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.

$63.00

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.

$4.05 with Partnership Health Plan vs $63.00 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.

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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 $4.05 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.78 ↓ -65%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.07 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.07 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $5.22 ↓ -62%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $5.58 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|< 21 $5.81 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|> 21 $5.81 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.08 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $6.08 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.08 ↓ -56%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.39 ↓ -53%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.24 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -2%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $13.58 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $13.58 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.58 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.99 ↑ +9%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $22.05 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $25.83 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $29.61 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $31.50 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $42.84 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.36 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $45.99 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $45.99 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $47.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.77 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $50.40 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.00 ↑ +359%

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Manual diff wbc count b-coat at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $18.15 $4.05 – $52.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $65.30 $5.07 – $136.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.60 $5.07 – $135.09
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $101.07 $5.07 – $141.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $52.63 $4.31 – $146.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $98.37 $5.07 – $179.54
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $199.84 $5.07 – $108.24
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $17.27 $4.05 – $52.29

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