Semen analysis presence/motility at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$23.77
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.
$109.00
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.
$11.36 with BCBS - Anthem vs $109.00 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.
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 | $11.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $12.05 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $12.41 | ↓ -48% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $13.26 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $14.46 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $14.46 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.46 | ↓ -39% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $18.07 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $26.68 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.57 | ↑ +50% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $38.15 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $44.04 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.04 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $44.04 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.69 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $51.23 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $54.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $74.12 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $78.48 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $79.57 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.57 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $81.75 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $86.11 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $87.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $87.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $87.20 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $109.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $109.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Semen analysis presence/motility at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $31.40 | $11.36 – $90.47 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $72.42 | $11.81 – $98.32 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $71.05 | $12.05 – $36.26 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $43.96 | $12.05 – $64.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $65.08 | $9.99 – $36.49 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $241.74 | $12.05 – $124.25 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $90.27 | $12.05 – $56.21 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $332.01 | $11.81 – $105.71 |