Mayo cortisol free 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

$3.55

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.

$16.26

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.

$5.70 with Western Health Advantage vs $49.34 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 $5.70 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.67 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.65 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.13 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11.06 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $11.71 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $11.87 ↑ +234%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $11.87 ↑ +234%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.20 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.85 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.01 ↑ +266%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13.01 ↑ +266%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.01 ↑ +266%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.85 ↑ +318%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.34 ↑ +332%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.26 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $16.26 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.26 ↑ +358%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.26 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|HMO $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.26 ↑ +358%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.26 ↑ +358%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.26 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.75 ↑ +372%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $17.89 ↑ +404%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $24.39 ↑ +587%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.00 ↑ +942%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.34 ↑ +1290%

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Mayo cortisol free at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.13 $4.22 – $44.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $64.80 $16.38 – $138.44
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.84 $8.13 – $43.05
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.98 $8.45 – $15.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.76 $4.40 – $50.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6.04 $6.00 – $48.01
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.97 $6.00 – $48.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $64.80 $16.71 – $174.95

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