Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn 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

$37.16

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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.

$129.00

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.

$31.99 with Hill Physicians vs $6,785.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $31.99 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $36.92 ↓ -1%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $37.34 ↑ +0%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $39.15 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $39.94 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $40.32 ↑ +9%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $45.15 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $52.89 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $59.36 ↑ +60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $68.37 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $85.14 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $86.43 ↑ +133%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $96.75 ↑ +160%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $98.04 ↑ +164%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $101.91 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $103.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $104.49 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $107.07 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $109.65 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $113.52 ↑ +205%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $116.10 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $116.10 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $117.39 ↑ +216%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $118.68 ↑ +219%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $118.68 ↑ +219%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $118.68 ↑ +219%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $333.00 ↑ +796%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $333.00 ↑ +796%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,570.00 ↑ +14889%
United Commercial|HMO $5,733.00 ↑ +15328%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,785.00 ↑ +18159%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,785.00 ↑ +18159%

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Alcohol/subs interv 15-30mn at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $28.13 $31.99 – $103.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.95 $37.85 – $89.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.96 $18.63 – $70.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $35.68 $24.57 – $89.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $34.14 $24.84 – $75.44
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.77 $24.84 – $75.44
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $29.70 $21.21 – $82.82
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $80.92 $24.96 – $101.92

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