Resp virus 6-11 targets 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

$159.36

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.

$731.00

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.

$154.59 with United vs $731.00 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.

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $154.59 ↓ -3%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $154.59 ↓ -3%
United Medicaid|< 21 $154.59 ↓ -3%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $170.05 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $205.63 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $218.06 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $218.06 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $218.06 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $224.60 ↑ +41%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $239.87 ↑ +51%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $255.85 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $261.67 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $261.67 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|HMO $261.67 ↑ +64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $290.63 ↑ +82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $293.72 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $299.71 ↑ +88%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $327.09 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $343.57 ↑ +116%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $358.65 ↑ +125%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $358.65 ↑ +125%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $365.50 ↑ +129%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $482.91 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $497.08 ↑ +212%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $526.32 ↑ +230%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $533.63 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $533.63 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $548.25 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $577.49 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $584.80 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $584.80 ↑ +267%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $584.80 ↑ +267%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $643.92 ↑ +304%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $731.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $731.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $731.00 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $731.00 ↑ +359%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $731.00 ↑ +359%

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Resp virus 6-11 targets at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $210.53 $154.59 – $606.73
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.72 $41.75 – $578.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $314.15 $43.61 – $546.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $321.43 $77.30 – $561.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $102.97 $83.69 – $154.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $294.40 $41.75 – $660.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.36 $77.30 – $626.63
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.74 $77.30 – $626.63

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