Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj 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

$13.08

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.

$60.00

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.

$2.26 with Partnership Health Plan vs $48.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.26 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2.38 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.40 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $2.49 ↓ -81%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3.18 ↓ -76%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.89 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.19 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|HMO $4.19 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.66 ↓ -64%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $5.24 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5.26 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.57 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $5.57 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.57 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $5.57 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5.57 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.01 ↓ -46%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7.46 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.64 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12.75 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15.93 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.47 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.11 ↑ +77%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $24.60 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $43.20 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +244%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47.40 ↑ +262%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +267%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +267%

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Mannitol 12.5 gm/50 ml inj at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $17.28 $2.26 – $49.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $1.83 – $20.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $3.42 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $2.26 – $52.92
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $3.18 – $42.66
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $37.12 $6.50 – $52.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $19.11 $2.89 – $53.30
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $27.81 $2.26 – $50.76

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