Assay dir meas fr estradiol 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

$35.43

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.

$123.00

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.

$22.35 with United vs $123.00 with Aetna — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $22.35 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $22.35 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|< 21 $22.35 ↓ -37%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $26.35 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $27.94 ↓ -21%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $27.94 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $28.78 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $33.53 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $33.53 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $33.53 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $33.53 ↓ -5%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $42.02 ↑ +19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.47 ↑ +20%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $43.05 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $45.51 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $50.43 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $51.40 ↑ +45%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $51.40 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $57.81 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $60.27 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $61.87 ↑ +75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.50 ↑ +133%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $87.33 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $89.79 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $92.25 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $92.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $97.17 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $98.40 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $98.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $99.63 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $102.09 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $104.55 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $123.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $123.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $123.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $123.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $123.00 ↑ +247%

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Assay dir meas fr estradiol at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $26.82 $22.35 – $98.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $8.76 $5.59 – $36.88
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.97 $27.38 – $77.38
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $52.65 $22.35 – $120.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $81.92 $22.35 – $120.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $48.22 $22.35 – $120.54
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $47.97 $27.94 – $97.79
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $47.97 $27.94 – $184.77

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