Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$176.55

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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.

$613.00

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.

$16.30 with BCBS - Anthem vs $91.32 with Cigna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $16.30 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.38 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $27.12 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $31.20 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $33.90 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $37.29 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $39.50 ↓ -78%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -77%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↓ -77%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $45.66 ↓ -74%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $47.17 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $48.13 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $48.13 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $48.13 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $48.13 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $48.13 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $48.13 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $50.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $50.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Options PPO $50.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↓ -72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.00 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $50.14 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $63.73 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $68.48 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.32 ↓ -48%

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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $22.89 $9.41 – $68.48
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $89.36 $4.42 – $58.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.01 $4.14 – $63.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $291.04 $7.34 – $54.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $266.56 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $226.31 $10.40 – $33.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $223.87 $3.20 – $8.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $129.01 $4.48 – $63.30

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