Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$13.08
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.
$60.00
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.
$1.05 with BCBS - Anthem vs $48.00 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1.05 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2.94 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.68 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.33 | ↓ -59% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $6.73 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $6.90 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8.79 | ↓ -33% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $9.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $9.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $9.58 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.98 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $12.84 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $18.93 | ↑ +45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $19.73 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $19.73 | ↑ +51% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $19.73 | ↑ +51% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.60 | ↑ +88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $25.25 | ↑ +93% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $43.20 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $45.00 | ↑ +244% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $47.40 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $48.00 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $48.00 | ↑ +267% |
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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $1.29 – $13.01 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $4.92 – $43.20 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $1.40 – $13.01 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $65.33 | $1.67 – $13.01 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $65.33 | $3.30 – $15.90 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $65.33 | $1.67 – $1.67 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $19.11 | $3.71 – $53.30 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $65.33 | $1.39 – $13.01 |