Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$101.81
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.
$467.00
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.
$21.49 with United vs $19,089.00 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 | $21.49 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $21.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.64 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $28.60 | ↓ -72% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $33.26 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.40 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.83 | ↓ -60% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.86 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.86 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $88.19 | ↓ -13% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $92.41 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $93.52 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $96.33 | ↓ -5% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $102.87 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $134.99 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $134.99 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $134.99 | ↑ +33% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $140.28 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $163.45 | ↑ +61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $191.47 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $294.21 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $303.55 | ↑ +198% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $308.22 | ↑ +203% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $336.24 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $350.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $368.93 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $373.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $373.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $420.30 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $420.30 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $424.97 | ↑ +317% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $467.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $467.00 | ↑ +359% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $467.00 | ↑ +359% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,126.00 | ↑ +1988% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,658.00 | ↑ +2511% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,854.00 | ↑ +3685% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,089.00 | ↑ +18650% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each additional hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $134.50 | $21.49 – $410.96 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $220.76 | $32.51 – $190.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $47.41 | $14.23 – $104.76 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $143.38 | $21.49 – $11,311.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $369.63 | $21.49 – $543.90 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $136.03 | $21.49 – $9,050.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $63.82 | $21.49 – $19,249.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $151.94 | $21.49 – $166.84 |