Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous 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

$2,124.00

Cash price

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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.

$7,375.00

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.

$27.88 with Kaiser vs $1,640.33 with Western Health Advantage — 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $27.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $51.00 ↓ -98%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $51.00 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $53.72 ↓ -97%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $54.40 ↓ -97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $55.08 ↓ -97%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $56.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $63.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $64.13 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $68.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $68.00 ↓ -97%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $68.00 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $68.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $68.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $68.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $68.00 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $68.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $68.00 ↓ -97%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $68.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $68.00 ↓ -97%
United Medicare|All Plans $69.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $70.04 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $288.80 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $398.07 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $542.94 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $671.75 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $895.86 ↓ -58%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,640.33 ↓ -23%

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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,607.75 $27.88 – $1,640.33
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,446.23 $17.32 – $4,356.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,722.77 $26.80 – $288.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,693.42 $25.89 – $67.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,761.95 $16.38 – $63.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $536.90 $21.46 – $624.69
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $3,703.37 $18.62 – $72.60
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $3,818.82 $29.24 – $321.10

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