Streptomycin injection at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$19.62
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.
$90.00
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.
$16.27 with BCBS - Anthem vs $84.38 with Western Health Advantage — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $16.27 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.34 | ↑ +4% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +4% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $27.12 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $29.51 | ↑ +50% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $33.06 | ↑ +69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $36.00 | ↑ +83% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↑ +101% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $46.63 | ↑ +138% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $46.63 | ↑ +138% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $50.00 | ↑ +155% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $59.52 | ↑ +203% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.38 | ↑ +305% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $84.38 | ↑ +330% |
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Streptomycin injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $25.92 | $20.50 – $84.38 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $96.30 | $12.68 – $104.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $88.20 | $46.63 – $220.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $33.39 | $16.80 – $42.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $45.32 | $8.22 – $41.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $81.00 | $10.52 – $82.48 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $24.28 | $8.00 – $40.00 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $43.06 | $12.91 – $65.00 |