Zika virus dna/rna amp probe at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$28.78
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.
$132.00
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.
$45.61 with United vs $151.51 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $45.61 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $45.61 | ↑ +58% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $45.61 | ↑ +58% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $46.20 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $48.39 | ↑ +68% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.17 | ↑ +74% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $51.31 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $52.85 | ↑ +84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.12 | ↑ +88% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $56.44 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $61.57 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $61.57 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $61.57 | ↑ +114% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $62.04 | ↑ +116% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $66.00 | ↑ +129% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $76.97 | ↑ +167% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.75 | ↑ +198% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.66 | ↑ +201% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $89.76 | ↑ +212% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $95.04 | ↑ +230% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.36 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $96.36 | ↑ +235% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $99.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $104.28 | ↑ +262% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $105.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $105.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $105.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.82 | ↑ +268% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $105.82 | ↑ +268% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $113.62 | ↑ +295% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $132.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $132.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $132.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $132.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $151.51 | ↑ +426% |
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Zika virus dna/rna amp probe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $38.02 | $45.61 – $113.62 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.82 | $35.64 – $136.13 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $83.70 | $10.26 – $145.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $255.00 | $50.28 – $370.08 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $56.50 | $41.04 – $132.20 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $87.92 | $45.61 – $129.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $51.75 | $35.64 – $155.41 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $48.98 | $45.61 – $147.44 |