Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$16.57

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.

$76.00

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.

$0.50 with Health Net vs $40.00 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.

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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
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $0.50 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $0.66 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $0.70 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $0.70 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $0.70 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $0.70 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $0.70 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $0.71 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $0.75 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $0.78 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $0.94 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $0.98 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.00 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.06 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.23 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.27 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $1.27 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1.33 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1.46 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1.46 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1.65 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1.65 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1.65 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1.78 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.67 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↑ +24%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +117%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +126%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +138%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +141%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +141%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $21.89 $0.66 – $41.50
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $0.46 – $52.26
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $0.43 – $1.53
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $79.61 $0.76 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.92 $0.70 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $27.83 $0.37 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.17 $0.69 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $0.47 – $1.53

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