Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection 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

$111.62

Cash price

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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.

$512.00

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.

$32.25 with Hill Physicians vs $356.00 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.

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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 $32.25 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.40 ↓ -68%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $37.86 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $41.65 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $52.97 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $55.16 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.16 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $68.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $68.80 ↓ -38%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $69.29 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $70.57 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $77.69 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $87.84 ↓ -21%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $87.84 ↓ -21%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $90.92 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $96.24 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $96.24 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $96.24 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $96.24 ↓ -14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $96.24 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.61 ↓ -7%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $128.96 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $145.96 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $256.32 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $256.32 ↑ +130%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $267.00 ↑ +139%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $281.24 ↑ +152%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $284.80 ↑ +155%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $284.80 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $320.40 ↑ +187%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $356.00 ↑ +219%

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Cosyntropin 0.25 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $147.46 $32.25 – $295.48
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $168.20 $52.97 – $299.52
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $114.30 $66.79 – $141.80
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $547.42 $30.76 – $943.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $501.37 $30.76 – $1,253.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $189.21 $37.86 – $283.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $187.17 $50.01 – $279.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $159.60 $66.79 – $153.49

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