Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$331.20
Cash price 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.
$1,150.00
Gross charge 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.
$51.70 with United vs $9,205.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $51.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $51.88 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $62.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.69 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $94.20 | ↓ -72% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $130.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $130.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.72 | ↓ -42% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $402.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $471.50 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $858.17 | ↑ +159% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $862.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $908.50 | ↑ +174% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $920.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $920.00 | ↑ +178% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $928.25 | ↑ +180% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $931.50 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $937.34 | ↑ +183% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $954.50 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,138.50 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,150.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,150.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,150.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,882.00 | ↑ +1072% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1570% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1570% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1570% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $5,537.00 | ↑ +1572% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,921.00 | ↑ +1990% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,452.00 | ↑ +2150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,205.00 | ↑ +2679% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $250.70 | $51.70 – $1,001.04 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,106.83 | $63.59 – $1,617.30 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,305.09 | $593.00 – $2,695.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,242.92 | $51.70 – $2,656.78 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,022.73 | $51.70 – $1,919.82 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $264.90 | $51.70 – $714.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $262.04 | $51.70 – $714.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,007.36 | $1,002.25 – $6,200.00 |