Ablate arrhythmia add on 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

$3,424.32

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.

$11,890.00

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.

$289.98 with Hill Physicians vs $42,958.00 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.

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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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $289.98 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $378.45 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $378.45 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $429.02 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $460.12 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $620.02 ↓ -82%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $962.07 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $962.07 ↓ -72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,418.14 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,548.64 ↓ -26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,161.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,874.90 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $7,728.50 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,917.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,393.10 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,512.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,630.90 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,868.70 ↑ +188%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,225.40 ↑ +199%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $10,463.20 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|HMO $11,771.10 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,890.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,890.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,890.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $25,839.00 ↑ +655%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $32,299.00 ↑ +843%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $42,958.00 ↑ +1154%

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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,592.02 $289.98 – $9,512.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $20,936.84 $465.49 – $47,801.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,539.09 $378.45 – $3,596.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,409.64 $378.45 – $3,524.08
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,018.51 $378.45 – $18,932.76
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $995.52 $2,747.00 – $16,692.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,989.75 $329.80 – $26,088.96
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $3,190.05 $1,716.00 – $12,908.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →