Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$254.41
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.
$1,167.00
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.
$33.91 with Hill Physicians vs $1,167.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $33.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $38.56 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $63.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $70.08 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $97.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.77 | ↓ -53% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $147.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $240.18 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $240.18 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $240.18 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $261.09 | ↑ +3% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $273.95 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $276.87 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $285.18 | ↑ +12% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $304.56 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $344.73 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $347.64 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $347.64 | ↑ +37% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $408.45 | ↑ +61% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $415.31 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $478.47 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $735.21 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $735.21 | ↑ +189% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $758.55 | ↑ +198% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $770.22 | ↑ +203% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $840.24 | ↑ +230% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $875.25 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $921.93 | ↑ +262% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $921.93 | ↑ +262% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $933.60 | ↑ +267% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $933.60 | ↑ +267% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,026.96 | ↑ +304% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,050.30 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,050.30 | ↑ +313% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,061.97 | ↑ +317% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,167.00 | ↑ +359% |
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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $336.10 | $33.91 – $968.61 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $646.49 | $68.70 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $343.87 | $42.14 – $498.58 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,412.19 | $286.64 – $452.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $493.92 | $63.71 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $577.43 | $4.14 – $16.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $452.37 | $63.71 – $807.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $543.52 | $63.71 – $1,201.30 |