Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant 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

$155.00

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.

$711.00

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.

$23.21 with Western Health Advantage vs $270.67 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $23.21 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $27.19 ↓ -82%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $47.74 ↓ -69%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.73 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $52.38 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $53.04 ↓ -66%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $53.04 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $53.04 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $62.53 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|< 21 $66.30 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|> 21 $66.30 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $66.30 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $66.30 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $66.30 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $66.30 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $66.30 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $66.30 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $68.29 ↓ -56%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $72.93 ↓ -53%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $99.45 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $202.99 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $270.67 ↑ +75%

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Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $204.77 $23.21 – $202.99
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $61.32 $18.90 – $243.21
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $93.13 $18.33 – $161.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $249.90 $89.83 – $377.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $279.49 $35.00 – $236.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $129.87 $37.90 – $70.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $255.98 $18.90 – $277.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $72.35 $35.00 – $263.40

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