Antibody screen rbc 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

$66.53

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.

$231.00

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.

$2.60 with Partnership Health Plan vs $87.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.60 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|> 21 $3.73 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $3.73 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.89 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.58 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.77 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.72 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.72 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $11.72 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.72 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $21.63 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.85 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.85 ↓ -57%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $30.45 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $32.19 ↓ -52%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $35.67 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $40.89 ↓ -39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $42.63 ↓ -36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $61.77 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $63.51 ↓ -5%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.25 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $65.25 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $66.21 ↓ -0%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $68.73 ↑ +3%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $69.60 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $69.60 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $70.21 ↑ +6%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $70.21 ↑ +6%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $70.47 ↑ +6%
United Medicare|All Plans $71.62 ↑ +8%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $72.21 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $72.32 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $73.95 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $86.24 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $86.24 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.24 ↑ +30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $87.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $87.00 ↑ +31%

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