Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection 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

$37.16

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.

$129.00

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.

$7.90 with Hill Physicians vs $50.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $7.90 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.70 ↓ -77%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $12.16 ↓ -67%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.67 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.99 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $13.29 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $13.94 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.28 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.28 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $14.28 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.28 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $14.28 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.28 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.75 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $14.75 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.75 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.53 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.53 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.53 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.10 ↓ -49%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.82 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.47 ↓ -31%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $26.84 ↓ -28%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $29.14 ↓ -22%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $29.14 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $37.50 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +1%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↑ +6%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +8%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $50.00 ↑ +35%

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Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $109.22 $7.90 – $40.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.06 $12.99 – $44.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.52 $12.99 – $346.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $145.83 $12.67 – $346.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $184.76 $7.19 – $20.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $182.77 $10.40 – $26.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $16.42 – $19.51
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $17.65 – $23.28

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