Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$2,456.64
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.
$8,530.00
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.
$9.24 with United vs $522.00 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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| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9.24 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9.24 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $9.24 | ↓ -100% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $9.52 | ↓ -100% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.52 | ↓ -100% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $10.09 | ↓ -100% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.30 | ↓ -100% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $10.47 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.33 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $20.33 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $20.33 | ↓ -99% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $22.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $22.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $23.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.53 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.25 | ↓ -98% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $38.80 | ↓ -98% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $43.71 | ↓ -98% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $214.02 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $391.50 | ↓ -84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $391.50 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $412.38 | ↓ -83% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $417.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $422.82 | ↓ -83% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $433.26 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $490.68 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $522.00 | ↓ -79% |
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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $4,534.40 | $9.24 – $84.80 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,314.00 | $9.24 – $900.00 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $2,290.03 | $5.20 – $5.20 |