Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$12.87

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.

$59.00

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.

$0.08 with Hill Physicians 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $0.08 ↓ -99%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $0.12 ↓ -99%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.14 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $0.15 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.18 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $0.18 ↓ -99%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.18 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $0.26 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.27 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $0.27 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.27 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $0.27 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.34 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $0.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $0.98 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.42 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5.03 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.59 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -33%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.60 ↓ -18%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.60 ↓ -18%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +180%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +191%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +207%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +211%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +211%

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $331.78 $0.08 – $41.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $0.15 – $20.10
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $84.15 $0.22 – $0.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $46.23 $0.13 – $94.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $60.24 $23.40 – $88.65
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $165.43 $0.15 – $67.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $33.39 $0.13 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.03 $0.15 – $20.54

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