Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$18.72
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.
$65.00
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.
$22.75 with Western Health Advantage vs $65.00 with United — 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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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $22.75 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $24.05 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.65 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $30.55 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $31.85 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $46.15 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $47.45 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $48.75 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $48.75 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $51.35 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $52.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $52.65 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $53.95 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $55.25 | ↑ +195% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $64.35 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $65.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $65.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $14.17 | $22.75 – $65.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $28.47 | $17.55 – $50.70 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $36.93 | $3.45 – $57.23 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $106.03 | $16.92 – $37.98 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $27.82 | $9.34 – $18.31 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $43.29 | $4.81 – $18.19 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $25.48 | $5.05 – $18.31 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $24.12 | $9.34 – $14.95 |