Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$39.24
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.
$180.00
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.
$15.02 with Western Health Advantage vs $107.20 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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $15.02 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $15.05 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $15.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $18.27 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.69 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $22.34 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $22.37 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $22.37 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $22.37 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.37 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $22.37 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $23.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.86 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $24.40 | ↓ -38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $26.06 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $26.12 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.71 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $28.71 | ↓ -27% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $29.98 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $35.49 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $35.49 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $35.49 | ↓ -10% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.53 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $40.08 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $40.78 | ↑ +4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.55 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $47.45 | ↑ +21% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.32 | ↑ +28% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $50.32 | ↑ +28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $53.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.94 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.31 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $86.06 | ↑ +119% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $96.48 | ↑ +146% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $100.50 | ↑ +156% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $105.86 | ↑ +170% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $107.20 | ↑ +173% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $107.20 | ↑ +173% |
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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $51.84 | $15.02 – $111.22 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $59.13 | $15.34 – $44.31 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $148.18 | $20.25 – $370.44 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $66.78 | $11.29 – $106.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $66.06 | $22.90 – $105.07 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $18.10 – $37.04 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $84.15 | $18.10 – $37.04 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $52.91 | $15.39 – $37.04 |