Ceftizoxime sodium / 500 mg at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498
$13.70
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.
$50.00
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.
$5.50 with WCMG vs $50.00 with United — 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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| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $5.50 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $10.28 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $12.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12.23 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.23 | ↓ -11% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12.23 | ↓ -11% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $12.50 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.85 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16.25 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $17.97 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +50% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $27.00 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +174% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +192% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.50 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $50.00 | ↑ +265% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +265% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +265% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +265% |
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Ceftizoxime sodium / 500 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.00 | $12.37 – $86.00 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $10.90 | $11.74 – $50.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $19.45 | $5.50 – $50.00 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $14.40 | $12.17 – $50.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $8.02 – $8.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $8.68 – $8.68 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $10.36 – $10.36 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $9.46 – $20.45 |