Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr at Mercy San Juan Medical Center

6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$59.19

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.

$216.00

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.

$0.04 with Hill Physicians vs $41.50 with MultiPlan — 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
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $0.04 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $0.04 ↓ -100%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $0.04 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Options PPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $0.09 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.09 ↓ -100%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.12 ↓ -100%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.13 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $0.14 ↓ -100%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $0.14 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.20 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $0.22 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $0.28 ↓ -100%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $0.39 ↓ -99%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -37%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -37%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -32%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↓ -30%

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Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $55.19 $0.06 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.69 $0.07 – $0.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $179.76 $0.06 – $27.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $188.16 $0.04 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $79.77 $0.04 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $78.91 $0.06 – $6.32
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.69 $0.07 – $0.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.69 $0.06 – $0.22

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