Specific gravity body fluid at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1.97
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.
$9.00
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.
$0.96 with Western Health Advantage vs $9.68 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $0.96 | ↓ -51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.13 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.37 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1.87 | ↓ -5% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1.98 | ↑ +1% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.01 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $2.01 | ↑ +2% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.06 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2.17 | ↑ +10% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.20 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2.20 | ↑ +12% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2.20 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2.59 | ↑ +31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.62 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $2.74 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2.83 | ↑ +44% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3.02 | ↑ +53% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $4.11 | ↑ +109% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7.26 | ↑ +269% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.68 | ↑ +391% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Specific gravity body fluid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $2.60 | $0.96 – $7.26 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $17.09 | $3.28 – $30.42 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $6.26 | $0.66 – $9.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $55.59 | $3.21 – $20.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $25.98 | $3.28 – $38.22 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $43.41 | $3.28 – $32.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $42.94 | $3.28 – $32.39 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $47.40 | $3.28 – $66.40 |