Chloramphenicol sodium injec at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$31.40
Cash price 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.
$144.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.08 with BCBS - Anthem vs $153.92 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $16.08 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.10 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.16 | ↓ -7% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $35.21 | ↑ +12% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $42.03 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $42.03 | ↑ +34% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $53.11 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $58.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $58.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $58.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $58.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.38 | ↑ +86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $58.42 | ↑ +86% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.04 | ↑ +88% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $59.07 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $78.23 | ↑ +149% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.33 | ↑ +207% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $96.33 | ↑ +207% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.85 | ↑ +218% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $100.91 | ↑ +221% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $103.68 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $108.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $113.76 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $115.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $115.20 | ↑ +267% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $115.42 | ↑ +268% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $120.26 | ↑ +283% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $120.26 | ↑ +283% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $120.26 | ↑ +283% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.22 | ↑ +292% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $123.22 | ↑ +292% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.92 | ↑ +390% |
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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $41.48 | $27.85 – $124.64 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $7.56 – $91.35 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $21.17 | $14.58 – $54.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $72.62 | $8.12 – $141.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $28.62 | $10.40 – $141.42 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $8.65 | $5.20 – $119.34 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $39.46 | $9.06 – $125.28 |
| St. Bernardine Medical Center | San Bernardino | $18.32 | $9.66 – $265.55 |