Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$182.47
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.
$837.00
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.
$139.51 with Western Health Advantage vs $635.79 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 |
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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $139.51 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $158.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $162.36 | ↓ -11% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $186.71 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $191.57 | ↑ +5% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.38 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $219.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $219.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $219.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $219.45 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $219.45 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $239.46 | ↑ +31% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $285.12 | ↑ +56% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $294.06 | ↑ +61% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $297.00 | ↑ +63% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $298.68 | ↑ +64% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $312.84 | ↑ +71% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $316.80 | ↑ +74% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $316.80 | ↑ +74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $338.26 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $347.42 | ↑ +90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $351.01 | ↑ +92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $362.09 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $362.09 | ↑ +98% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $396.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $396.00 | ↑ +117% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $476.74 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $635.79 | ↑ +248% |
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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $337.15 | not published |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $337.15 | not published |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $241.06 | $139.51 – $476.74 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $337.15 | not published |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $337.15 | not published |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $337.15 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $337.15 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $313.07 | not published |