Mayo manganese 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

$3.08

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.

$14.11

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.

$4.94 with Western Health Advantage vs $78.68 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 $4.94 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.79 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6.64 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.06 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.60 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.16 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.31 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $10.31 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.59 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.15 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $11.29 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11.29 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.29 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.31 ↑ +332%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.11 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.11 ↑ +358%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.11 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|HMO $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Medicaid|< 21 $14.11 ↑ +358%
United Medicaid|> 21 $14.11 ↑ +358%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +358%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $14.11 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $14.54 ↑ +372%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $15.53 ↑ +404%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $21.17 ↑ +587%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $59.01 ↑ +1816%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $78.68 ↑ +2455%

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Mayo manganese at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.02 $5.33 – $36.07
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $40.24 $7.06 – $68.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $36.85 $3.81 – $80.71
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.24 $7.06 – $76.57
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.18 $7.06 – $76.57
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $8.06 $1.42 – $11.29
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $10.98 $7.34 – $14.11
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $7.27 $4.10 – $14.11

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