Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$18.15
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.
$63.00
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.
$2.10 with Hill Physicians vs $63.00 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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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $2.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $2.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3.42 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $4.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.51 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5.51 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5.51 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $5.56 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.56 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $5.56 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $6.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.04 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $7.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.90 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $13.24 | ↓ -27% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.19 | ↓ -11% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.83 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $47.25 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $47.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $49.77 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $50.40 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $51.03 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $52.29 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $59.22 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $63.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $49.05 | $2.10 – $50.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $57.38 | $2.43 – $25.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,122.00 | $5.17 – $19.75 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $186.61 | $3.42 – $61.74 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $170.92 | $3.42 – $101.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $83.11 | $1.95 – $50.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $23.13 | $3.42 – $49.77 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $172.65 | $5.17 – $21.38 |