Prealbumin at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$54.72
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.
$251.00
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.
$12.47 with Partnership Health Plan vs $251.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.47 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $14.59 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $15.03 | ↓ -73% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $16.05 | ↓ -71% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.51 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.51 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17.51 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $17.89 | ↓ -67% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.68 | ↓ -64% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.89 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $32.30 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $37.11 | ↓ -32% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $43.07 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $53.27 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.27 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $53.27 | ↓ -3% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $87.85 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.91 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $117.97 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $125.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $170.68 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $180.72 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $183.23 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $183.23 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $188.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $198.29 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $200.80 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $200.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $200.80 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $251.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $251.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Prealbumin at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $72.29 | $12.47 – $208.33 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $72.71 | $14.59 – $45.53 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $5.63 | $2.92 – $20.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $195.33 | $14.30 – $119.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $98.44 | $4.50 – $37.58 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $24.30 | $14.59 – $35.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $90.16 | $2.43 – $44.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $47.86 | $14.59 – $41.91 |