Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-2 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

$12.86

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.

$58.96

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.

$20.64 with Western Health Advantage vs $103.63 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 $20.64 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $24.18 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $27.72 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $29.48 ↑ +129%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.19 ↑ +143%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $33.09 ↑ +157%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $35.09 ↑ +173%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $35.09 ↑ +173%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +173%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $36.14 ↑ +181%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $38.60 ↑ +200%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $40.10 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $42.11 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|HMO $42.11 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $42.11 ↑ +227%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $42.46 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $43.05 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $43.05 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.22 ↑ +244%
United Medicaid|> 21 $44.74 ↑ +248%
United Medicaid|< 21 $44.74 ↑ +248%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $46.58 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $47.17 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $47.17 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $47.17 ↑ +267%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $49.21 ↑ +283%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $52.64 ↑ +309%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $58.64 ↑ +356%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $58.96 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.96 ↑ +358%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $58.96 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $58.96 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.96 ↑ +358%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $58.96 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.96 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $58.96 ↑ +358%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $77.71 ↑ +504%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.63 ↑ +706%

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Mayo hip12 infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hiv-2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $16.99 $20.64 – $77.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $25.83 $15.92 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.18 $7.02 – $69.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $25.24 $29.48 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.27 $31.92 – $57.79
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.12 $15.92 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $21.88 $29.48 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $21.64 $29.48 – $100.84

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