Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$17.28
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.
$60.00
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.
$12.50 with Western Health Advantage 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.
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 | $12.50 | ↓ -28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +19% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $37.50 | ↑ +117% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $39.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $40.50 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $41.50 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $49.50 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $50.00 | ↑ +189% |
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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $17.66 | $12.50 – $50.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $35.37 – $102.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $65.33 | $0.01 – $0.09 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $35.53 | $31.50 – $68.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $89.38 | $22.41 – $81.34 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $20.04 | $21.60 – $54.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $19.82 | $13.50 – $54.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $65.33 | $0.01 – $0.09 |