Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$1.27

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.

$4.40

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.

$1.54 with Western Health Advantage vs $52.93 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.54 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.63 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1.81 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.07 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.16 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3.13 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.22 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $3.30 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.30 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.48 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3.52 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3.52 ↑ +177%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.57 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.66 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.74 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.15 ↑ +227%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.40 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.40 ↑ +246%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.40 ↑ +246%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.40 ↑ +246%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|HMO $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4.40 ↑ +246%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4.40 ↑ +246%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $4.40 ↑ +246%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.54 ↑ +257%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.69 ↑ +3025%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.93 ↑ +4068%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $40.77 $3.59 – $29.10
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $28.25 $0.94 – $46.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7.62 $2.39 – $4.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.88 $0.51 – $54.29
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $28.79 $0.98 – $1.87
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $3.19 $1.61 – $32.68
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $4.59 $0.42 – $62.40
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4.92 $0.47 – $79.70

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