Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$70.42
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.
$323.00
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.
$0.46 with Hill Physicians vs $40.00 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.
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 | $0.46 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.64 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $0.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $0.89 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.89 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $0.89 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $0.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $0.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $0.91 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1.04 | ↓ -99% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.33 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $14.51 | ↓ -79% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $17.05 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $26.31 | ↓ -63% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.00 | ↓ -49% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↓ -44% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↓ -43% |
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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $93.03 | $0.46 – $41.50 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $106.00 | $0.64 – $52.26 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $0.86 – $6.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $154.08 | $0.64 – $171.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $97.61 | $37.92 – $143.63 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $315.96 | $0.64 – $352.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $119.10 | $0.57 – $20.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $117.81 | $0.64 – $20.54 |