_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$45.94
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.
$159.50
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.
$36.50 with Western Health Advantage vs $340.63 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $36.50 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $38.58 | ↓ -16% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $42.75 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $49.01 | ↑ +7% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $51.09 | ↑ +11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $74.03 | ↑ +61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $76.11 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $78.20 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $78.20 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $82.37 | ↑ +79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $83.41 | ↑ +82% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $83.41 | ↑ +82% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $84.46 | ↑ +84% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $86.54 | ↑ +88% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $88.63 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $98.32 | ↑ +114% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.54 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $102.54 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $102.54 | ↑ +123% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $104.26 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $107.39 | ↑ +134% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $255.46 | ↑ +456% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $340.63 | ↑ +641% |
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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $34.78 | $36.50 – $255.46 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $69.87 | $28.16 – $306.07 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $77.00 | $14.76 – $169.19 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $199.09 | $52.13 – $297.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $182.34 | $28.16 – $349.41 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $59.18 | $52.13 – $331.49 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $58.54 | $52.13 – $331.49 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $91.08 | $10.43 – $83.41 |