Mayo pregnenolone 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

$6.33

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.

$29.00

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.

$10.15 with Western Health Advantage vs $61.06 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 $10.15 ↑ +60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $11.89 ↑ +88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13.63 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.50 ↑ +129%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.38 ↑ +190%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $19.49 ↑ +208%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $19.72 ↑ +212%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $20.67 ↑ +227%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $20.67 ↑ +227%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +227%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.88 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.17 ↑ +234%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21.17 ↑ +234%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $21.29 ↑ +236%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.75 ↑ +244%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $22.74 ↑ +259%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.91 ↑ +262%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $23.20 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.20 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $23.20 ↑ +267%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.80 ↑ +292%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.80 ↑ +292%
United Commercial|HMO $24.80 ↑ +292%
United Medicaid|< 21 $26.36 ↑ +316%
United Medicaid|> 21 $26.36 ↑ +316%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.00 ↑ +358%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $29.00 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.00 ↑ +358%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $29.00 ↑ +358%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $31.01 ↑ +390%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $45.79 ↑ +623%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $61.06 ↑ +865%

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Mayo pregnenolone at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $8.36 $10.15 – $45.79
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $115.64 $7.83 – $54.86
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.14 $4.13 – $30.33
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.28 $20.26 – $165.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.42 $13.25 – $53.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $19.32 $15.70 – $28.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.37 $7.16 – $62.63
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $14.50 – $59.42

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