Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$675.80
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.
$3,100.00
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.
$40.33 with Hill Physicians vs $23,178.00 with United — 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $40.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $47.66 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $541.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $574.50 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $591.74 | ↓ -12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $631.95 | ↓ -6% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $861.75 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $874.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,085.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,271.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,232.00 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,325.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,449.00 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,449.00 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,480.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,480.00 | ↑ +267% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,100.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,100.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,312.00 | ↑ +390% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,002.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,002.00 | ↑ +640% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6,108.00 | ↑ +804% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $11,514.00 | ↑ +1604% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23,178.00 | ↑ +3330% |
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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $892.80 | $40.33 – $2,573.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $800.67 | $449.01 – $1,297.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $811.86 | $87.44 – $1,031.11 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,716.15 | $593.00 – $1,687.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,691.03 | $555.48 – $3,871.98 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,328.01 | $515.85 – $1,954.12 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,548.80 | $555.48 – $3,717.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $818.80 | $555.48 – $1,765.60 |