Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon 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

$16.35

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.

$75.00

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.

$10.50 with Western Health Advantage vs $183.04 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 $10.50 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $12.30 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $14.10 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $15.00 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20.40 ↑ +25%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +32%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $21.90 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21.90 ↑ +34%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $22.50 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.70 ↑ +45%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $24.00 ↑ +47%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +47%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $28.29 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $30.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $30.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|HMO $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Medicaid|< 21 $30.00 ↑ +83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $30.00 ↑ +83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $30.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $30.90 ↑ +89%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $33.00 ↑ +102%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +175%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $137.27 ↑ +740%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $183.04 ↑ +1020%

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Tb test cell mediated immunity antigen response gamma interferon at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $21.60 $10.50 – $137.27
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $131.40 $8.10 – $164.46
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $19.11 $12.30 – $71.59
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $621.69 $60.74 – $494.89
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $103.20 $16.24 – $30.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $15.00 – $178.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.85 $15.00 – $178.12
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $882.81 $61.98 – $625.42

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