Aminophylline 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$17.28

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.

$60.00

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.

$8.53 with United vs $41.50 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.

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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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.53 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.53 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|HMO $8.53 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.13 ↓ -41%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $10.15 ↓ -41%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.34 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10.53 ↓ -39%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.71 ↓ -32%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $12.84 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $13.16 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.42 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.42 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.42 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $14.42 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.42 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $14.42 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.51 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.59 ↑ +37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.59 ↑ +37%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.59 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $25.70 ↑ +49%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $27.11 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.28 ↑ +98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +129%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +131%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↑ +134%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↑ +140%

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Aminophylline 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $13.08 $6.08 – $40.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $2.86 – $52.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $4.74 – $52.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $8.53 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.55 $6.94 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $2.00 – $8.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $87.59 $2.89 – $23.76
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $87.59 $3.45 – $23.76

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