Cetuximab 100 mg/50 ml intravenous 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

$59.52

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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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$273.00

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.

$65.48 with Hill Physicians vs $240.47 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.

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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 $65.48 ↑ +10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $67.14 ↑ +13%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $69.47 ↑ +17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $77.52 ↑ +30%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $82.18 ↑ +38%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $85.27 ↑ +43%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $91.43 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $97.23 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $97.46 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $97.46 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $97.46 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $97.46 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $97.46 ↑ +64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $103.11 ↑ +73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $103.11 ↑ +73%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $103.11 ↑ +73%
United Medicare|All Plans $103.11 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $103.11 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $103.11 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $103.11 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $106.20 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $111.57 ↑ +87%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $113.42 ↑ +91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $127.22 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $127.22 ↑ +114%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $130.59 ↑ +119%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $145.74 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.81 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $151.37 ↑ +154%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $154.66 ↑ +160%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $159.69 ↑ +168%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $159.69 ↑ +168%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $159.69 ↑ +168%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $160.56 ↑ +170%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $167.25 ↑ +181%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $176.17 ↑ +196%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $178.40 ↑ +200%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $178.40 ↑ +200%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $179.85 ↑ +202%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $179.85 ↑ +202%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $180.31 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $189.22 ↑ +218%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $223.00 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $240.47 ↑ +304%

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Cetuximab 100 mg/50 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,314.00 $65.10 – $900.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,835.36 $70.77 – $6,680.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,006.53 $51.14 – $177.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,991.35 $88.80 – $175.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,653.19 $72.08 – $166.67
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,653.19 $80.46 – $166.67
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,302.72 $75.63 – $1,817.12
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,319.41 $68.39 – $166.67

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