Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$1,857.58
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.
$8,521.00
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.
$1,503.91 with BCBS - Anthem vs $6,448.16 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.
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 | $1,503.91 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1,708.34 | ↓ -8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,755.54 | ↓ -5% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,776.21 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,879.90 | ↑ +1% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,083.17 | ↑ +12% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2,203.43 | ↑ +19% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,291.49 | ↑ +23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $2,426.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $2,426.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $2,426.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,426.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,426.55 | ↑ +31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,513.30 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,618.72 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $2,727.45 | ↑ +47% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,777.01 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,860.32 | ↑ +54% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $3,054.71 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,065.77 | ↑ +65% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $3,251.58 | ↑ +75% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,412.05 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,412.05 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,829.89 | ↑ +106% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,916.36 | ↑ +111% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,165.52 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,282.14 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,282.14 | ↑ +131% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,282.14 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,413.60 | ↑ +138% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,597.50 | ↑ +147% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,832.95 | ↑ +160% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,832.95 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $4,835.08 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,842.70 | ↑ +161% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,904.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,904.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,448.16 | ↑ +247% |
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Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $3,535.86 | $2,113.00 – $2,113.00 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $3,535.86 | $2,113.00 – $2,113.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $3,535.86 | $2,113.00 – $2,113.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $3,535.86 | $2,113.00 – $2,113.00 |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $3,535.86 | $2,113.00 – $2,113.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $9,116.83 | $1,172.11 – $20,874.98 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $8,350.00 | $1,845.64 – $20,874.98 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,111.43 | $1,056.30 – $4,819.00 |