Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$38.81
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.
$178.00
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.
$15.80 with Western Health Advantage vs $74.00 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.
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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $15.80 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $16.15 | ↓ -58% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $16.43 | ↓ -58% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $17.04 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $22.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $22.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $22.43 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $26.83 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.13 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.13 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $30.06 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.34 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $33.12 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.12 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $33.12 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $37.40 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $48.04 | ↑ +24% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $49.88 | ↑ +29% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $53.28 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $55.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $58.46 | ↑ +51% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $59.20 | ↑ +53% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $59.20 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.05 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $74.00 | ↑ +91% |
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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $64.80 | $15.80 – $61.42 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $22.43 – $102.18 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $101.44 | $26.33 – $232.26 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $185.81 | $22.43 – $232.26 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $83.11 | $11.89 – $76.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $82.21 | $18.50 – $74.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $53.81 | $21.31 – $127.10 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $82.91 | $23.06 – $34.57 |