Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$7,041.89

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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.

$24,451.00

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.

$359.80 with Hill Physicians vs $21,699.00 with Health Net — 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 $359.80 ↓ -95%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,095.35 ↓ -42%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -40%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4,220.73 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4,311.82 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,797.41 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5,102.01 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,537.00 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6,914.55 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,921.00 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6,988.45 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,775.75 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,205.00 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,243.79 ↑ +31%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,360.80 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $9,360.80 ↑ +33%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,477.81 ↑ +35%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,711.83 ↑ +38%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10,667.84 ↑ +51%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10,667.84 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11,034.05 ↑ +57%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $11,304.00 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|HMO $11,583.99 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11,701.00 ↑ +66%
United Medicare|All Plans $11,935.02 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12,052.03 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16,908.29 ↑ +140%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $21,699.00 ↑ +208%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $5,330.32 $359.80 – $12,871.10
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,477.13 $5,191.50 – $29,342.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13,978.48 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,878.45 $1,509.00 – $5,716.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12,802.72 $4,220.73 – $20,419.28
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13,004.30 $4,220.73 – $21,255.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12,864.09 $4,220.73 – $20,989.51
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,426.76 $0.80 – $7,529.00

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