Rapid Strep Test at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$66.71
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.
$306.00
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.
$6.99 with Partnership Health Plan vs $244.80 with Sutter Health — 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 | $6.99 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.03 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.03 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.14 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $15.59 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $16.53 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $17.03 | ↓ -74% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $18.18 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $19.84 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.84 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $19.84 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.91 | ↓ -67% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.27 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.27 | ↓ -65% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.80 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $33.94 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.94 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $33.94 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $36.59 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $107.10 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.46 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $127.36 | ↑ +91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $143.82 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $153.00 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.13 | ↑ +139% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $208.08 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $220.32 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $223.38 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $223.38 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $229.50 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $230.69 | ↑ +246% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $241.74 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $244.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $244.80 | ↑ +267% |
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Rapid Strep Test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $88.13 | $6.99 – $253.98 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $67.02 | $3.77 – $43.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $336.09 | $16.20 – $73.37 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $17.32 | $10.03 – $25.48 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $96.46 | $9.82 – $79.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $95.42 | $9.82 – $78.21 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $473.79 | $16.53 – $92.72 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $129.05 | $16.53 – $180.80 |