Buprenorphine oral 1mg 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

$10.90

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.

$50.00

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.

$0.02 with BCBS - Anthem vs $9.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Medicaid|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|> 21 $0.09 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|< 21 $0.09 ↓ -99%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $0.09 ↓ -99%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $0.10 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $0.17 ↓ -98%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $0.21 ↓ -98%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $0.21 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.32 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.47 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $0.47 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.47 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $0.47 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.47 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.63 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.64 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.67 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.67 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.67 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.14 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|HMO $2.31 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.31 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.62 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3.69 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5.69 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.75 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.11 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $7.11 ↓ -35%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.00 ↓ -17%

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Buprenorphine oral 1mg at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $14.40 $0.02 – $7.47
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.52 $0.14 – $11.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $10.74 $2.50 – $2.71
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $33.39 $0.09 – $41.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.58 $0.09 – $41.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.02 $0.09 – $8.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $0.01 – $7.11
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $10.74 $2.71 – $2.71

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