Assessment leukocyte fecal qualitative/semiquantitative 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

$73.16

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.

$254.00

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.

$3.80 with United vs $215.90 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $3.80 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $3.80 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.03 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -94%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.27 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.40 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.12 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $5.12 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.12 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.12 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.22 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.74 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $9.47 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.63 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $80.90 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $88.90 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $93.98 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $101.12 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $104.14 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $119.38 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $124.46 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $134.47 ↑ +84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $180.34 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $185.42 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $190.50 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $190.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $200.66 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $203.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $205.74 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $210.82 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $215.90 ↑ +195%

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Assessment leukocyte fecal qualitative/semiquantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $55.38 $3.80 – $203.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $2.77 $0.85 – $6.27
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.03 $4.18 – $34.84
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $148.52 $3.41 – $12.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $103.23 $3.80 – $151.90
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $136.03 $3.41 – $12.95
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $82.37 $3.80 – $37.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $81.48 $3.80 – $37.13

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