Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$22.76
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.
$79.00
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.
$19.75 with Western Health Advantage vs $79.00 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.
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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $19.75 | ↓ -13% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.39 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $59.25 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $59.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $62.41 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $63.20 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $63.99 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $65.57 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.26 | ↑ +226% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $78.21 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $79.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $44.15 | $31.20 – $78.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $84.18 | $3.62 – $13.22 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $87.00 | $36.30 – $143.55 |
| Community Hospital San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $103.23 | $38.22 – $182.00 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $100.74 | $34.08 – $170.40 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $4.17 – $4.74 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $4.17 – $5.14 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $4.15 – $6.13 |