Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$6.19
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.
$28.38
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.
$6.41 with Western Health Advantage vs $49.61 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.
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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $6.41 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $8.61 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.15 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $12.45 | ↑ +101% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $13.18 | ↑ +113% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $13.36 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.36 | ↑ +116% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.73 | ↑ +122% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14.46 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.64 | ↑ +137% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $14.64 | ↑ +137% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.64 | ↑ +137% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.94 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $15.84 | ↑ +156% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +171% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $17.30 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.30 | ↑ +196% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $18.48 | ↑ +199% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.20 | ↑ +307% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $37.20 | ↑ +501% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.61 | ↑ +701% |
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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $8.18 | $6.41 – $37.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $12.44 | $6.75 – $44.58 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $16.28 | $3.36 – $25.22 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $71.71 | $16.46 – $137.17 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $12.15 | $14.19 – $43.29 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $16.64 | $13.52 – $24.48 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $11.13 | $7.67 – $50.89 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $12.99 | $12.49 – $48.28 |