Antibody influenza virus 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

$3.50

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.

$12.15

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.

$4.26 with Western Health Advantage vs $40.02 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 $4.26 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.50 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.99 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5.72 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.96 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8.63 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8.87 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.12 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $9.12 ↑ +161%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.60 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9.72 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9.72 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.09 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.33 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.46 ↑ +227%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.05 ↑ +244%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $12.15 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.15 ↑ +247%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.15 ↑ +247%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.15 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|< 21 $12.15 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|> 21 $12.15 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.15 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.52 ↑ +258%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $30.02 ↑ +758%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.02 ↑ +1043%

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Antibody influenza virus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $11.47 $2.71 – $19.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $50.62 $13.28 – $112.77
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $129.87 $13.55 – $191.10
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $50.62 $13.55 – $142.52
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $50.62 $13.55 – $161.61
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $50.62 $161.99 – $161.99
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $50.62 $13.28 – $121.25
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $47.64 $11.52 – $27.10

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