Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain computer-assisted 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

$17.88

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.

$82.00

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.

$28.70 with Western Health Advantage vs $709.07 with Prison Healthcare — 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 $28.70 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $33.62 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $59.04 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.50 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.78 ↑ +262%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $65.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $65.60 ↑ +267%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $65.60 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $77.33 ↑ +332%
United Medicaid|< 21 $80.16 ↑ +348%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $80.16 ↑ +348%
United Medicaid|> 21 $80.16 ↑ +348%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $82.00 ↑ +359%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $82.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $82.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $82.00 ↑ +359%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
United Commercial|HMO $82.00 ↑ +359%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $82.00 ↑ +359%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $84.46 ↑ +372%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $90.20 ↑ +404%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $173.96 ↑ +873%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $231.97 ↑ +1197%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $472.71 ↑ +2544%
United Medicare|All Plans $472.71 ↑ +2544%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $472.71 ↑ +2544%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $709.07 ↑ +3866%

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain computer-assisted at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $23.62 $28.70 – $173.96
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $32.85 $20.25 – $208.43
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $321.56 $71.94 – $739.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $409.02 $483.05 – $566.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.08 $41.00 – $202.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $52.17 $20.27 – $78.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.12 $22.14 – $237.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $45.77 $37.50 – $225.74

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