Screening colorectal cancer fecal occult blood immunoassay 1-3 simultaneous determinations at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$43.17
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.
$198.00
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.
$17.02 with BCBS - Anthem vs $158.40 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $17.02 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $18.05 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $18.59 | ↓ -57% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $19.86 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $21.66 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.66 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $21.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.07 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $39.96 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $40.07 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.06 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.29 | ↑ +23% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $69.30 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $72.58 | ↑ +68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.18 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $93.06 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $99.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $134.64 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $142.56 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $144.54 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $144.54 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $148.50 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $156.42 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $158.40 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $158.40 | ↑ +267% |
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Screening colorectal cancer fecal occult blood immunoassay 1-3 simultaneous determinations at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $57.03 | $17.02 – $164.34 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $71.91 | $18.05 – $60.76 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $140.53 | $18.05 – $206.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $65.86 | $16.74 – $60.76 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $73.91 | $18.05 – $61.74 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $37.95 | $18.05 – $136.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $109.55 | $18.05 – $196.98 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $25.80 | $4.50 – $28.80 |