Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$2,050.28
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.
$7,119.00
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.
$220.61 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,908.77 with MultiPlan — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $220.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $233.94 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $238.62 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $240.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $310.18 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $340.87 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $340.87 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $374.96 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $401.74 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $401.74 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $401.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $446.76 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $690.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $784.00 | ↓ -62% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $784.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,244.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,244.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,244.66 | ↓ -39% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,465.74 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,326.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,491.65 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,908.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,918.79 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,868.00 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $3,925.00 | ↑ +91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,233.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $5,339.25 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,339.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,624.01 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,695.20 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,766.39 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,908.77 | ↑ +188% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,551.95 | $220.61 – $5,695.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,410.80 | $226.19 – $2,512.38 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,266.90 | $35.60 – $3,864.48 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $6,557.07 | $236.37 – $1,960.59 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,657.88 | $226.19 – $5,049.94 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $9,055.61 | $340.87 – $2,890.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,141.89 | $226.19 – $1,768.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,402.60 | $226.19 – $5,180.80 |