Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$47.96
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.
$220.00
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.
$9.22 with BCBS - Anthem vs $63.84 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $9.22 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.52 | ↓ -76% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $11.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $13.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $14.15 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $16.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $18.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $18.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $18.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $18.84 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $21.81 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24.35 | ↓ -49% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.04 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $25.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.54 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.55 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $34.55 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.00 | ↓ -25% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↓ -22% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↓ -18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.05 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $42.39 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $42.39 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $42.39 | ↓ -12% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $47.08 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $47.87 | ↓ -0% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +4% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.84 | ↑ +33% |
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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $63.36 | $11.81 – $50.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $29.35 | $4.33 – $43.07 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $128.14 | $4.05 – $44.25 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $32.10 | $7.18 – $52.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $138.41 | $53.77 – $203.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $234.81 | $14.58 – $52.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $81.25 | $10.09 – $25.04 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $27.53 | $4.40 – $11.00 |