Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$337.47
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.
$1,548.00
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.
$12.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $588.00 with Sutter Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12.16 | ↓ -96% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $15.01 | ↓ -96% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $15.10 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $21.96 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $22.05 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $28.60 | ↓ -92% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.44 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $33.55 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.58 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $36.31 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $38.50 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $39.66 | ↓ -88% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $42.35 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $44.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $44.96 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.78 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $55.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $55.58 | ↓ -84% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $57.75 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $59.11 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $62.76 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.94 | ↓ -78% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $72.94 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $83.69 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $529.20 | ↑ +57% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $551.25 | ↑ +63% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $580.65 | ↑ +72% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $588.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $588.00 | ↑ +74% |
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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $211.68 | $15.01 – $362.71 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $245.28 | $5.71 – $123.24 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $581.06 | $5.35 – $58.01 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $797.80 | $9.47 – $229.32 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,243.49 | $245.56 – $930.20 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $356.72 | $19.65 – $891.80 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $571.72 | $16.17 – $347.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $565.55 | $8.54 – $73.47 |