Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$27.69

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.

$127.00

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.

$6.18 with Western Health Advantage vs $64.83 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 $6.18 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7.24 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $8.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.82 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↓ -57%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.71 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $12.88 ↓ -53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12.88 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.23 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $14.12 ↓ -49%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14.12 ↓ -49%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.12 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $16.64 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.64 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.64 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|HMO $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Medicaid|< 21 $17.64 ↓ -36%
United Medicaid|> 21 $17.64 ↓ -36%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $17.64 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.17 ↓ -34%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $19.41 ↓ -30%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $26.46 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $48.62 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.83 ↑ +134%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $36.58 $6.18 – $48.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $58.25
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.06 $4.39 – $38.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28.92 $21.52 – $152.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.86 $8.82 – $56.57
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $83.25 $9.55 – $17.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.79 $4.77 – $66.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.76 $8.82 – $63.09

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