Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$134.95
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.
$619.00
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.
$20.94 with Partnership Health Plan vs $495.20 with MultiPlan — 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.94 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.60 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $29.60 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $29.60 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $29.72 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.04 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.04 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.04 | ↓ -76% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $34.11 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.37 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $48.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $53.13 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $55.94 | ↓ -59% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $56.74 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.69 | ↓ -48% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $69.69 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.37 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.84 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $99.03 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $130.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $130.75 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $130.75 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $179.37 | ↑ +33% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $216.65 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $253.79 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $445.68 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $464.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $489.01 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $495.20 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $495.20 | ↑ +267% |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $178.28 | $20.94 – $513.77 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $146.30 | $29.60 – $260.52 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $246.33 | $45.98 – $57.05 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10.56 | $12.33 – $65.09 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $72.60 | $7.28 – $28.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9.67 | $6.66 – $76.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $84.22 | $18.81 – $72.59 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $83.31 | $18.81 – $72.59 |