Administration immunization 1 vaccine 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

$80.64

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.

$280.00

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.

$4.46 with Partnership Health Plan vs $280.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.46 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.91 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.38 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.47 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $18.03 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $22.32 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $93.52 ↑ +16%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $95.40 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $96.33 ↑ +19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $98.00 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $114.80 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $221.20 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $224.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $226.80 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $232.40 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $277.20 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $280.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $280.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $280.00 ↑ +247%

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Administration immunization 1 vaccine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $61.04 $4.46 – $280.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $81.91 $6.75 – $169.34
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $47.04 $14.23 – $101.85
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $105.57 $97.03 – $99.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $98.87 $4.46 – $226.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $135.87 $6.99 – $26.46
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $90.56 $4.46 – $226.38
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $83.48 $4.46 – $180.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →