Assay of feces porphyrins at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$7.99
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.
$27.73
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.
$9.71 with Western Health Advantage vs $115.48 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $9.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $10.27 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $11.37 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $13.04 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $13.59 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $19.69 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $20.25 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $20.80 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20.80 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $21.91 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.19 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $22.19 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $22.47 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.02 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $23.58 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $26.15 | ↑ +227% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $27.73 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $28.57 | ↑ +258% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $86.61 | ↑ +984% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $115.48 | ↑ +1345% |
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Assay of feces porphyrins at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $46.31 | $39.11 – $106.04 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $42.42 | $29.22 – $118.46 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $15.12 | $18.58 – $27.73 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $10.79 | $3.06 – $86.61 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $38.33 – $207.96 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $39.11 – $262.81 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $39.11 – $298.02 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | not published | $39.11 – $118.89 |