Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c 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

$81.75

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.

$375.00

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.

$82.65 with Western Health Advantage vs $760.23 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 $82.65 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $96.82 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $110.99 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $118.07 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $160.57 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $170.02 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $172.38 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $172.38 ↑ +111%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $177.10 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $186.55 ↑ +128%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $188.91 ↑ +131%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $188.91 ↑ +131%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $188.91 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $222.68 ↑ +172%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $228.84 ↑ +180%
United Medicaid|> 21 $228.84 ↑ +180%
United Medicaid|< 21 $228.84 ↑ +180%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $236.13 ↑ +189%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $236.13 ↑ +189%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $236.13 ↑ +189%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
United Medicare|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
United Commercial|HMO $236.13 ↑ +189%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $236.13 ↑ +189%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $236.13 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $236.13 ↑ +189%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $236.13 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $243.22 ↑ +198%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $259.75 ↑ +218%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $354.20 ↑ +333%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $570.13 ↑ +597%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $760.23 ↑ +830%

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Warde infectious agent nucleic acid genotype hepatitis c at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $108.00 $82.65 – $570.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $164.25 $13.50 – $683.08
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $61.38 $45.10 – $377.59
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $209.10 $252.30 – $2,100.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $160.50 $25.00 – $663.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $428.66 $27.07 – $50.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $147.00 $13.50 – $779.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $127.63 $25.00 – $739.81

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