Aminophylline 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$13.08

Cash price

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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.

$60.00

Gross charge

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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.

$6.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $40.00 with MultiPlan — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $6.08 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.60 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.53 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|HMO $8.53 ↓ -35%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9.43 ↓ -28%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.13 ↓ -23%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $10.15 ↓ -22%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.34 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.02 ↓ -16%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.71 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.42 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.42 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.42 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $14.42 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $14.42 ↑ +10%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $19.32 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $22.76 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.76 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.76 ↑ +74%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $25.70 ↑ +96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.28 ↑ +162%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +175%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +187%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +202%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +206%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +206%

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Aminophylline 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $17.28 $8.53 – $41.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $2.86 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $4.74 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $8.53 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.55 $6.94 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $2.00 – $8.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $87.59 $2.89 – $23.76
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $87.59 $3.45 – $23.76

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