Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$14.69
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.
$51.00
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.
$7.21 with Hill Physicians 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $7.21 | ↓ -51% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $7.26 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $9.47 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $9.66 | ↓ -34% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $9.88 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $11.19 | ↓ -24% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.31 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.39 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.39 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.39 | ↓ -16% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.44 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $14.62 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $14.62 | ↓ -0% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.62 | ↓ -0% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $15.93 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $18.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.65 | ↑ +41% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $21.25 | ↑ +45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.26 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $23.09 | ↑ +57% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.01 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.01 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $28.87 | ↑ +97% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $38.41 | ↑ +161% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↑ +169% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $40.50 | ↑ +176% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.50 | ↑ +183% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $11.12 | $6.96 – $40.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $63.08 | $6.27 – $112.32 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $84.15 | $5.87 – $14.73 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $205.44 | $10.39 – $470.40 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $188.16 | $9.66 – $470.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $18.93 | $5.12 – $27.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $18.72 | $9.36 – $32.67 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $84.15 | $6.35 – $14.73 |