Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea 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

$9.79

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.

$44.88

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.

$2.54 with Western Health Advantage vs $19.63 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2.54 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.97 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3.40 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.62 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $4.92 ↓ -50%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $5.21 ↓ -47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5.28 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.28 ↓ -46%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5.72 ↓ -42%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5.79 ↓ -41%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -41%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.90 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6.26 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $6.64 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $6.64 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.84 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7.23 ↓ -26%
United Medicaid|> 21 $7.23 ↓ -26%
United Medicaid|< 21 $7.23 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.23 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|HMO $7.23 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7.23 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7.23 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $7.23 ↓ -26%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $7.30 ↓ -25%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $9.96 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $14.72 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.63 ↑ +101%

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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $12.93 $2.54 – $14.72
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $121.77 $6.64 – $35.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $96.73 $6.64 – $221.48
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $21.98 $6.64 – $32.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.60 $6.64 – $221.48
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.66 $6.64 – $26.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.48 $6.64 – $26.07
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.63 $3.30 – $26.40

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