Foscarnet sodium injection 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

$494.86

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.

$2,270.00

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.

$19.31 with BCBS - Anthem vs $371.96 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $19.31 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -96%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $20.48 ↓ -96%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $20.48 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $20.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $21.09 ↓ -96%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -96%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $22.53 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $22.93 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $23.79 ↓ -95%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $30.72 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.66 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.56 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.56 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.56 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $50.18 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $50.18 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $50.31 ↓ -90%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $51.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $63.16 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $63.16 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $67.10 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $78.55 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $78.55 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $78.55 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $78.55 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $78.55 ↓ -84%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $84.67 ↓ -83%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $105.26 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $118.29 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $146.28 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $180.81 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $205.10 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $256.37 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $317.52 ↓ -36%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $330.75 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $348.39 ↓ -30%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $352.80 ↓ -29%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $352.80 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $371.96 ↓ -25%

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Foscarnet sodium injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $653.76 $19.31 – $366.03
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,848.96 $19.80 – $4,233.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,693.44 $19.80 – $4,233.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $837.72 $19.80 – $351.20
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $542.14 $18.79 – $294.38
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,144.22 $31.01 – $54.30
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $465.38 $19.80 – $1,668.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $1,196.69 $43.04 – $66.77

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