Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$8,127.92
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.
$37,284.00
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.
$76.11 with Health Net vs $283.71 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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| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $76.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $86.30 | ↓ -99% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $87.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.46 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $94.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $96.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $100.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $108.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $108.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $108.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $108.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $108.35 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $116.68 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $118.38 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $123.73 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $127.44 | ↓ -98% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $136.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $143.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $144.66 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $145.18 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $150.94 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $150.94 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $171.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.94 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.88 | ↓ -98% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $185.59 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $188.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $188.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $188.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.19 | ↓ -97% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.19 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $212.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $252.00 | ↓ -97% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $262.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $276.50 | ↓ -97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $280.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $280.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $283.71 | ↓ -97% |
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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $10,737.80 | $86.30 – $290.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8,148.12 | $44.51 – $197.54 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $17,531.48 | $41.66 – $196.64 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $16,050.00 | $73.81 – $1,290.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $14,700.00 | $91.46 – $1,034.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $13,762.99 | $21.60 – $91.46 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $13,614.60 | $66.52 – $274.92 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $17,531.48 | $45.10 – $196.64 |