Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule 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

$2.84

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.

$13.00

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.

$0.64 with Hill Physicians vs $7.20 with MultiPlan — 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 $0.64 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $0.79 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.95 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1.32 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.32 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.32 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1.32 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1.32 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.37 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $1.37 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.44 ↓ -49%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.50 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.52 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.52 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.52 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1.72 ↓ -39%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1.77 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.30 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3.33 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3.69 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.17 ↑ +47%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.05 ↑ +113%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6.48 ↑ +128%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6.75 ↑ +138%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.11 ↑ +150%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↑ +154%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7.20 ↑ +154%

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Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $3.75 $0.64 – $7.47
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6.57 $1.32 – $11.70
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.61 $1.47 – $1.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8.14 $1.37 – $18.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.55 $1.32 – $18.62
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4.83 $0.70 – $4.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $4.78 $1.22 – $4.74
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $15.91 $1.48 – $1.59

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