Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$34.88
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.
$160.00
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.
$10.49 with Hill Physicians vs $103.76 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.49 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $10.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.62 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $10.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $11.25 | ↓ -68% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.68 | ↓ -67% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $15.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $17.31 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $17.52 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17.52 | ↓ -50% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.97 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.18 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $21.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $21.88 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.60 | ↓ -29% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.64 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.64 | ↓ -29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $43.20 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $43.20 | ↑ +24% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $45.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $47.40 | ↑ +36% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $48.00 | ↑ +38% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $48.00 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $60.00 | ↑ +72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $77.80 | ↑ +123% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $103.76 | ↑ +197% |
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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $18.72 | $10.49 – $77.80 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $56.50 | $10.49 – $129.36 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $38.22 | $10.62 – $110.45 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $47.25 | $10.49 – $95.33 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $15.07 | $10.62 – $54.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $35.43 | $10.62 – $63.70 |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $125.99 | $9.56 – $293.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $45.36 | $10.62 – $116.00 |