Mycophenolic acid at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$4.58
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.
$21.00
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.
$0.16 with Health Net vs $15.65 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $0.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $0.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $0.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $0.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $0.22 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $0.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $0.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.78 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $0.78 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $0.78 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.79 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.79 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $0.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $2.18 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.64 | ↓ -42% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.38 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $8.63 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10.78 | ↑ +135% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12.96 | ↑ +183% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $13.50 | ↑ +195% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $14.22 | ↑ +210% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.40 | ↑ +214% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $14.40 | ↑ +214% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15.65 | ↑ +242% |
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Mycophenolic acid at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $6.05 | $0.22 – $14.94 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $7.01 | $0.22 – $12.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10.03 | $0.76 – $3.80 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $20.00 | $0.22 – $49.98 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $7.80 | $0.12 – $14.40 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $10.03 | $0.76 – $4.11 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $10.03 | $0.74 – $4.90 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $10.03 | $0.74 – $4.91 |