Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1000 Greenley Rd, Sonora, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1780673376
$2.89
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.
$17.00
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.
$0.02 with CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS vs $6.00 with CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA — 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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| CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | CIGNA PPO - ALL PLANS | $0.02 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | AETNA - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.02 | ↓ -99% |
| BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BC NON-MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $0.15 | ↓ -95% |
| BC MCS | BC MCS | $0.15 | ↓ -95% |
| BC EXCHANGE | BC EXCHANGE | $0.69 | ↓ -76% |
| KAISER - ALL PLANS | KAISER - ALL PLANS | $2.12 | ↓ -27% |
| UHC SELECT | UHC SELECT | $2.18 | ↓ -25% |
| UHC JLL BP | UHC JLL BP | $2.35 | ↓ -19% |
| UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC - ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.48 | ↓ -14% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $2.80 | ↓ -3% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $3.05 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $3.21 | ↑ +11% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.22 | ↑ +11% |
| TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | TRPN - THREE RIVERS PPO - ALL PLANS | $3.39 | ↑ +17% |
| UHC PPO | UHC PPO | $3.45 | ↑ +19% |
| BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | BEECH STREET- ALL PLANS | $3.60 | ↑ +25% |
| GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | GREATWEST OA/POS/HMO | $3.60 | ↑ +25% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.71 | ↑ +28% |
| AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | AFFORDABLE HEALTH - ALL PLANS | $3.82 | ↑ +32% |
| MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN - ALL PLANS | $3.82 | ↑ +32% |
| PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | PHCS PPO - ALL PLANS | $3.82 | ↑ +32% |
| GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | GREATWEST PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS | $3.82 | ↑ +32% |
| INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | INTERPLAN - ALL PLANS | $3.82 | ↑ +32% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE MCAL | $4.00 | ↑ +38% |
| CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | CELTIC CA HLTH WELL MCAL - ALL PLANS | $4.00 | ↑ +38% |
| BC MCAL | BC MCAL | $4.00 | ↑ +38% |
| HEALTHNET MCAL | HEALTHNET MCAL | $4.00 | ↑ +38% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $4.00 | ↑ +38% |
| STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | STANILAUS FOUNDATION - ALL PLANS | $4.03 | ↑ +39% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CCS MCAL | $4.80 | ↑ +66% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE CHDP MCAL | $4.80 | ↑ +66% |
| CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | CENTRAL CA ALLIANCE COMM PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $6.00 | ↑ +108% |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $8.76 | $0.07 – $4.50 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.43 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5.57 | $0.09 – $3.92 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3.92 | $1.53 – $5.77 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $5.10 | $0.07 – $3.92 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4.09 | $0.04 – $3.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $7.34 | $0.09 – $3.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $5.61 | $0.12 – $0.47 |