Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$27.25
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.
$125.00
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.
$0.99 with Hill Physicians vs $50.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $0.99 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.37 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1.37 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2.22 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2.43 | ↓ -91% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4.33 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4.71 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $4.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6.51 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↓ -25% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $36.00 | ↑ +32% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +47% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $50.00 | ↑ +83% |
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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $36.00 | $0.99 – $41.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $54.37 | $1.37 – $104.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $145.35 | $4.20 – $17.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $23.12 | $1.37 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $46.38 | $1.37 – $20.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $45.88 | $1.37 – $20.54 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $145.35 | $4.20 – $19.23 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $145.35 | $4.52 – $22.94 |