Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$145.41
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.
$667.00
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.
$9.73 with Hill Physicians vs $209.60 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $9.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.64 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.00 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.17 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $18.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $18.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $18.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $21.35 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.64 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.48 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.64 | ↓ -78% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.64 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $32.18 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $38.88 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $40.39 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $54.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $54.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $54.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $54.00 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $63.14 | ↓ -57% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $63.22 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $72.36 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $107.42 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $114.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $188.64 | ↑ +30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $196.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $206.98 | ↑ +42% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $209.60 | ↑ +44% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $209.60 | ↑ +44% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $192.10 | $9.73 – $217.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $203.24 | $18.17 – $196.56 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $274.74 | $18.36 – $27.77 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $660.84 | $18.17 – $821.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $462.17 | $13.64 – $940.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $245.98 | $13.64 – $194.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $243.33 | $15.15 – $206.19 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $274.74 | $18.36 – $30.06 |