Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$254.41
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.
$1,167.00
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.
$20.61 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 | $20.61 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $20.61 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.06 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.76 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.12 | ↓ -87% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $52.85 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.23 | ↓ -70% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $105.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $120.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $261.45 | ↑ +3% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $306.27 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $411.03 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $435.87 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $448.95 | ↑ +76% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $470.61 | ↑ +85% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $479.46 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $485.55 | ↑ +91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $489.98 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $489.98 | ↑ +93% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $489.98 | ↑ +93% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $493.02 | ↑ +94% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $537.84 | ↑ +111% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $560.25 | ↑ +120% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $590.13 | ↑ +132% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $597.60 | ↑ +135% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $597.60 | ↑ +135% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $653.80 | ↑ +157% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $672.30 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $672.30 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $679.77 | ↑ +167% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $747.00 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $747.00 | ↑ +194% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.00 | ↑ +194% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $747.00 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $747.00 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,854.00 | ↑ +1415% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19,089.00 | ↑ +7403% |
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Administration chemotherapy IV push single/initial substance/drug at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $336.10 | $20.61 – $14,317.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $529.98 | $25.35 – $958.65 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $249.96 | $29.63 – $479.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $472.26 | $445.12 – $454.21 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $469.09 | $20.61 – $11,311.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,096.91 | $20.61 – $1,614.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $429.64 | $20.61 – $9,050.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $322.60 | $20.61 – $635.35 |