Red blood cells washed each unit at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$142.36
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.
$653.00
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.
$228.55 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 | $228.55 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.73 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $277.03 | ↑ +95% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $277.03 | ↑ +95% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $277.03 | ↑ +95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $304.73 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $411.39 | ↑ +189% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $470.16 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $489.75 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $491.80 | ↑ +245% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $515.87 | ↑ +262% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $515.87 | ↑ +262% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $520.82 | ↑ +266% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $521.53 | ↑ +266% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $522.40 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $522.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $526.36 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $537.18 | ↑ +277% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $573.68 | ↑ +303% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $642.71 | ↑ +351% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $642.71 | ↑ +351% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $653.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $653.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $782.29 | ↑ +450% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +7988% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +16181% |
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Red blood cells washed each unit at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $188.07 | $228.55 – $637.17 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $245.72 | $151.47 – $993.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $98.43 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,623.41 | $277.03 – $3,717.14 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,486.86 | $277.03 – $3,717.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $943.83 | $277.03 – $2,035.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $933.65 | $277.03 – $2,009.76 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $170.34 | not published |