Streptozocin 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

$365.59

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.

$1,677.00

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.

$127.10 with Kaiser vs $1,104.99 with Cigna — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $127.10 ↓ -65%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $223.20 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $223.20 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $232.50 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $244.90 ↓ -33%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $248.00 ↓ -32%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $248.00 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $279.00 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $301.74 ↓ -17%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $310.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $310.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $310.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $310.00 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $310.00 ↓ -15%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $310.00 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $310.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $310.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $310.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $310.00 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $310.00 ↓ -15%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $353.69 ↓ -3%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $377.17 ↑ +3%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $664.94 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $828.57 ↑ +127%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,104.99 ↑ +202%

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Streptozocin injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $589.98 $198.00 – $198.00
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $589.98 $198.00 – $198.00
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00
Walnut Creek Medical Center WALNUT CREEK $635.36 $221.00 – $221.00

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