Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$36.00

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$125.00

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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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$0.99 with Hill Physicians vs $50.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $0.99 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.37 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.37 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|HMO $1.37 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.57 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.22 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2.47 ↓ -93%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3.30 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.48 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.48 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4.88 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.51 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6.60 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $37.50 ↑ +4%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +10%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +11%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↑ +39%

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $27.25 $0.99 – $40.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.37 $1.37 – $104.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $145.35 $4.20 – $17.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $23.12 $1.37 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46.38 $1.37 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.88 $1.37 – $20.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $145.35 $4.20 – $19.23
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $145.35 $4.52 – $22.94

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