Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at Mercy General Hospital
4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857
$30.74
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.
$141.00
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.
$0.02 with BCBS - Anthem vs $91.20 with MultiPlan — 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 | Medicaid|All Plans | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $1.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1.51 | ↓ -95% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1.58 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $1.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $2.34 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2.49 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2.49 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.49 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2.94 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.11 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3.11 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3.11 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3.51 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.68 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $46.74 | ↑ +52% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $82.08 | ↑ +167% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $85.50 | ↑ +178% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $90.06 | ↑ +193% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $91.20 | ↑ +197% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $91.20 | ↑ +197% |
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Zidovudine in d5w IV syringe 4 mg/ml (neo/peds) - cnr at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Methodist Hospital of Sacramento | Sacramento | $40.61 | $0.02 – $94.62 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $69.48 | $1.51 – $1.51 |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $64.52 | $1.51 – $1.51 |