Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$13.74
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.
$63.00
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.
$1.68 with Hill Physicians vs $63.00 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 | $1.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $3.03 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.07 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $3.15 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3.56 | ↓ -74% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3.81 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.44 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4.44 | ↓ -68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $4.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $4.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $4.94 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.38 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $6.62 | ↓ -52% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $6.65 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.87 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.64 | ↓ -8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.83 | ↑ +88% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.36 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $45.36 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $47.25 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $49.77 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $50.40 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $50.40 | ↑ +267% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.70 | ↑ +313% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $63.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $72.89 | $3.07 – $66.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $26.97 | $3.07 – $61.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $24.70 | $2.86 – $61.74 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $23.38 | $2.62 – $50.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $23.13 | $3.07 – $49.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $422.04 | $5.72 – $57.70 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $422.04 | $3.90 – $68.83 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $18.53 | $3.07 – $51.66 |