Cidofovir injection at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$774.34
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.
$3,552.00
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.
$496.82 with United vs $3,552.00 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.
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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $496.82 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $496.82 | ↓ -36% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $521.83 | ↓ -33% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $553.14 | ↓ -29% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $574.01 | ↓ -26% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $590.29 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $656.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $695.65 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $716.52 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $746.81 | ↓ -4% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $765.22 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $933.51 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $937.07 | ↑ +21% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $981.04 | ↑ +27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1,037.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,037.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,037.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,037.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,037.23 | ↑ +34% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,043.47 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,054.20 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,074.97 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,074.97 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,074.97 | ↑ +39% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,210.65 | ↑ +56% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,210.65 | ↑ +56% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,213.78 | ↑ +57% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,389.89 | ↑ +79% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,456.32 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,618.72 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,132.93 | ↑ +175% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,557.44 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,664.00 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,666.18 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,806.08 | ↑ +262% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,841.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,841.60 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,552.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Cidofovir injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $496.82 – $1,723.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,800.64 | $496.82 – $8,702.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,297.35 | $397.45 – $2,792.65 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,121.93 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,574.21 | $560.79 – $1,211.48 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $1,648.28 | $427.08 – $1,121.93 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,783.96 | $496.82 – $3,256.16 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $3,196.80 | $478.07 – $6,038.40 |