Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$5.48

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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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$19.00

Gross charge

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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.

$0.82 with Kaiser vs $16.01 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

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 $0.82 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1.50 ↓ -73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.50 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.58 ↓ -71%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1.60 ↓ -71%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1.62 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.66 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1.88 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1.89 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2.00 ↓ -64%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $2.00 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $2.00 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.00 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $2.00 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.00 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $2.00 ↓ -64%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $2.00 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.00 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.04 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2.06 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.16 ↓ -6%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5.63 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.81 ↑ +24%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.70 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $12.00 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.01 ↑ +192%

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Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.71 $3.32 – $10.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $19.69 $5.50 – $45.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $671.98 $4.96 – $1,446.49
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $439.53 $4.83 – $1,225.90
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9.27 $1.20 – $2.20
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $16.65 $4.46 – $31.45
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $752.10 $0.98 – $5.50
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $504.16 $3.98 – $1,527.20

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