2d tee w or without fol w/con,in 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

$991.59

Cash price

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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.

$3,443.00

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.

$979.04 with BCBS - Anthem vs $17,563.00 with United — 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 Medicare|All Other Plans $979.04 ↓ -1%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,038.22 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,058.99 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,069.37 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,205.05 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,411.63 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,582.25 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $2,582.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,719.97 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,754.40 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,754.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,788.83 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,857.69 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,443.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,443.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,443.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,808.00 ↑ +385%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,228.00 ↑ +831%
United Commercial|HMO $12,855.00 ↑ +1196%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +1671%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +1671%

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2d tee w or without fol w/con,in at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $750.58 $979.04 – $3,443.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,665.35 $1,003.85 – $3,813.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,969.37 $764.98 – $2,897.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,525.28 $642.60 – $2,332.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $911.55 $1,003.85 – $1,965.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,653.78 $1,003.85 – $1,941.03
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,563.66 $1,008.25 – $6,127.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,620.13 $952.80 – $7,307.84

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