Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution 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

$3,013.42

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.

$13,823.00

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.

$145.60 with Partnership Health Plan vs $4,097.49 with Western Health Advantage — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $145.60 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $154.33 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $160.16 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $215.17 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $228.18 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $228.18 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $228.18 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $228.18 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $228.18 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $228.18 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $228.18 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $235.03 ↓ -92%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $251.00 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $273.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $299.94 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $299.94 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $299.94 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $328.41 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $337.79 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $337.79 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $337.84 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $338.67 ↓ -89%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $342.27 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $421.28 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $421.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $422.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $451.65 ↓ -85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $576.72 ↓ -81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $600.75 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $612.70 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $632.79 ↓ -79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $640.80 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $640.80 ↓ -79%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $648.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $786.90 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $801.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $801.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $801.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $801.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $801.00 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $801.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $801.00 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $801.00 ↓ -73%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,097.49 ↑ +36%

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Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,406.41 $145.60 – $31,016.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,102.74 $145.60 – $784.50
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $4,017.00 $145.60 – $859.10
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,600.00 $145.60 – $6,800.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $628.77 $241.80 – $666.83
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $2,628.29 $145.60 – $883.96
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $3,787.51 $88.11 – $4,097.49

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