Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$342.26
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.
$1,570.00
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.
$214.12 with BCBS - Anthem vs $2,248.24 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 | $214.12 | ↓ -37% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $235.34 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $267.65 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $388.32 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $413.28 | ↑ +21% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $430.50 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $453.46 | ↑ +32% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $459.20 | ↑ +34% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $459.20 | ↑ +34% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $523.10 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $574.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,685.82 | ↑ +393% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,248.24 | ↑ +557% |
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Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $452.16 | $235.34 – $1,685.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $579.51 | $228.40 – $571.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $573.26 | $142.75 – $571.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $1,260.00 | $138.43 – $2,800.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $376.93 | $186.53 – $1,351.00 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $1,208.59 | $151.70 – $3,091.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $1,179.80 | $576.81 – $2,895.20 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $430.18 | $63.14 – $1,685.82 |