Leuprolide 30 mg (4 month) intramuscular syringe kit 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

$2,017.16

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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.

$7,004.00

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.

$176.75 with Partnership Health Plan vs $3,418.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $176.75 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $182.63 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $192.60 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $194.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $204.24 ↓ -90%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $204.24 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $208.33 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $210.37 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $228.93 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $298.30 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $298.30 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $298.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $325.19 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $331.20 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $332.29 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $367.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $367.84 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $367.84 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $400.75 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $406.52 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $406.52 ↓ -80%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $531.19 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $534.44 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $542.03 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $542.03 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $542.03 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $542.03 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $542.03 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $542.03 ↓ -73%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $1,019.01 ↓ -49%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,080.70 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,401.38 ↓ -31%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,563.50 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,563.50 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,700.22 ↑ +34%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,734.40 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,768.58 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,836.94 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,212.92 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,418.00 ↑ +69%

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Leuprolide 30 mg (4 month) intramuscular syringe kit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $4,478.16 $176.75 – $2,734.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,773.28 $117.32 – $1,318.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $42,026.04 $496.63 – $1,881.29
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14,700.00 $148.92 – $36,750.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,687.43 $176.75 – $2,720.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,501.12 $197.48 – $1,233.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,982.84 $176.20 – $772.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,982.84 $176.20 – $921.81

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