B cells total count 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

$5.46

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.

$18.94

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.

$5.43 with Western Health Advantage vs $111.39 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5.74 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.36 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.29 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7.60 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11.02 ↑ +102%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $11.33 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $11.64 ↑ +113%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $11.64 ↑ +113%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.26 ↑ +125%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $12.41 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12.41 ↑ +127%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.57 ↑ +130%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $12.88 ↑ +136%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.19 ↑ +142%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $14.63 ↑ +168%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $15.51 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $15.51 ↑ +184%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.51 ↑ +184%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.51 ↑ +184%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|HMO $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Medicaid|< 21 $15.51 ↑ +184%
United Medicaid|> 21 $15.51 ↑ +184%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $15.51 ↑ +184%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $15.98 ↑ +193%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $83.54 ↑ +1430%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $111.39 ↑ +1940%

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B cells total count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $8.31 $5.12 – $100.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $9.55 $6.15 – $55.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $47.89 $36.98 – $301.22
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.35 $7.74 – $97.20
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $12.63 $8.35 – $15.42
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.76 $4.18 – $114.26
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7.03 $7.74 – $108.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6.96 $7.74 – $108.40

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