Antibody htlv/hiv confirm test 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

$5.11

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.

$17.72

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.

$6.21 with Western Health Advantage vs $57.15 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 $6.21 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.56 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7.27 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $8.33 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.69 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12.59 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12.94 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.29 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $13.29 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $14.18 ↑ +177%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14.18 ↑ +177%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.36 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.71 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.07 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $16.71 ↑ +227%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +237%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $17.72 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17.72 ↑ +247%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17.72 ↑ +247%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17.72 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|< 21 $17.72 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|> 21 $17.72 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $17.72 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.26 ↑ +257%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $42.86 ↑ +739%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.15 ↑ +1018%

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Antibody htlv/hiv confirm test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $30.62 $18.88 – $54.53
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $268.81 $3.87 – $409.34
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $28.05 $18.96 – $158.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $29.92 $19.35 – $68.51
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $46.56 $19.35 – $68.51
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $27.41 $18.88 – $68.51
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $25.94 $8.91 – $55.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $25.66 $8.91 – $55.62

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