Methadone injection 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

$366.46

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.

$1,681.00

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.

$1.57 with BCBS - Anthem vs $273.60 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1.57 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.84 ↓ -99%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.94 ↓ -95%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $18.47 ↓ -95%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $22.17 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.37 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $25.65 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $25.65 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $25.65 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $25.65 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $25.65 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $27.91 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $28.83 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34.09 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $34.09 ↓ -91%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $34.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.76 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $43.07 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.07 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $43.07 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $47.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $48.64 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $58.86 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $58.86 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.86 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $140.22 ↓ -62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $246.24 ↓ -33%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $256.50 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $270.18 ↓ -26%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $273.60 ↓ -25%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $273.60 ↓ -25%

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Methadone injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $14.40 $2.72 – $50.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $128.05 $0.75 – $44.96
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $128.05 $0.89 – $45.83
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $87.87 $0.91 – $45.83
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $805.68 $1.01 – $108.06
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $241.06 $1.37 – $116.45
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $101.52 $1.92 – $44.96
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $651.93 $1.48 – $26.00

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