Dalteparin sodium 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

$22.89

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.

$105.00

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.

$9.47 with Hill Physicians vs $88.00 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 $9.47 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.52 ↓ -28%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.01 ↓ -26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $22.71 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.87 ↓ -0%
United Commercial|HMO $22.87 ↓ -0%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $24.29 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $33.04 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $33.04 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $33.04 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $35.43 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $35.43 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $35.43 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $35.43 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $35.43 ↑ +55%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $36.08 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.31 ↑ +63%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $47.48 ↑ +107%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.76 ↑ +117%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $63.36 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $63.36 ↑ +177%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $66.00 ↑ +188%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $69.52 ↑ +204%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $70.40 ↑ +208%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.40 ↑ +208%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $79.20 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $88.00 ↑ +284%

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Dalteparin sodium at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $94.38 $16.52 – $103.32
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $80.46 $30.12 – $479.15
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $66.47 $22.87 – $170.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $32.09 – $171.90
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $32.09 – $186.08
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $34.49 – $221.96
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $27.72 – $438.31
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna not published $36.08 – $222.50

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