Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$103.77
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.
$476.00
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.
$166.60 with Western Health Advantage vs $23,178.00 with United — 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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $166.60 | ↑ +61% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $185.15 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $185.15 | ↑ +78% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $185.15 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $195.16 | ↑ +88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $203.66 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $225.54 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $239.17 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $246.35 | ↑ +137% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $263.09 | ↑ +154% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $299.88 | ↑ +189% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $342.72 | ↑ +230% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.08 | ↑ +235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $351.79 | ↑ +239% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $357.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $358.75 | ↑ +246% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $376.04 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $376.04 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $380.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $380.80 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $429.55 | ↑ +314% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $429.55 | ↑ +314% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $476.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $476.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +10996% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +22236% |
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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $137.09 | $166.60 – $425.84 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $318.87 | $196.56 – $567.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $353.43 | $36.40 – $305.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $187.17 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $490.49 | $185.15 – $748.72 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $170.50 | $66.23 – $250.88 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $449.24 | $185.15 – $748.72 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $934.92 | $185.15 – $1,884.00 |