Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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

$80.64

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.

$280.00

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.

$32.92 with Western Health Advantage vs $612.17 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 $32.92 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $38.56 ↓ -52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $70.53 ↓ -13%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.53 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $74.29 ↓ -8%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $75.23 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $75.23 ↓ -7%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $76.17 ↓ -6%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $78.05 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $88.68 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Options PPO $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Medicaid|< 21 $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Medicaid|> 21 $94.03 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $94.03 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $94.03 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $94.03 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $94.03 ↑ +17%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $94.03 ↑ +17%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $94.03 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $96.86 ↑ +20%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $459.09 ↑ +469%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $612.17 ↑ +659%

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $61.04 $32.92 – $459.09
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $139.96 $94.03 – $534.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $128.19 $75.60 – $627.94
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $121.32 $94.03 – $595.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $120.01 $94.03 – $595.73
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $186.72 $22.30 – $178.36
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $96.14 $46.82 – $222.95
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $254.41 $94.03 – $320.46

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