Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection 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

$51.84

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.

$180.00

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.

$15.02 with Western Health Advantage vs $134.00 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.02 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $15.05 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $18.27 ↓ -65%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $20.88 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.69 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $22.34 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $22.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $22.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $22.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $22.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.37 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $22.37 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $23.69 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $23.69 ↓ -54%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $23.86 ↓ -54%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.17 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $24.40 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $26.12 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.71 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|HMO $28.71 ↓ -45%
United Commercial|Options PPO $28.71 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $36.79 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.79 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $36.79 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $40.08 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.78 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.55 ↓ -20%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $42.05 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $49.89 ↓ -4%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $49.89 ↓ -4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.45 ↑ +3%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $54.94 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $82.18 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.50 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $102.73 ↑ +98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $105.86 ↑ +104%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $107.20 ↑ +107%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $108.54 ↑ +109%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $111.22 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $134.00 ↑ +158%

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $39.24 $15.02 – $107.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $59.13 $15.34 – $44.31
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $148.18 $20.25 – $370.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $11.29 – $106.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $22.90 – $105.07
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $84.15 $18.10 – $37.04
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $84.15 $18.10 – $37.04
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $52.91 $15.39 – $37.04

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