Bacterial vaginosis pcr 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

$76.04

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.

$264.00

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.

$38.80 with Partnership Health Plan vs $264.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|> 21 $38.80 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|< 21 $38.80 ↓ -49%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $42.68 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $66.20 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
United Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $70.20 ↓ -8%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $70.20 ↓ -8%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $72.31 ↓ -5%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $72.94 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $73.72 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $84.24 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|HMO $84.24 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Options PPO $84.24 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $84.24 ↑ +11%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $89.24 ↑ +17%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $89.24 ↑ +17%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $97.68 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $108.24 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $124.08 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $129.36 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $155.46 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $187.44 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $192.72 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $198.00 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $198.00 ↑ +160%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $207.30 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $208.56 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $211.20 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $211.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $213.84 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $219.12 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $224.40 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $264.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $264.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $264.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $264.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $264.00 ↑ +247%

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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $57.56 $38.80 – $211.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $61.50 $37.91 – $186.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $737.68 $14.04 – $64.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $151.98 $68.80 – $286.33
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $179.34 $21.07 – $180.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $164.25 $11.38 – $212.64
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $151.98 $70.20 – $361.84
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $151.98 $70.20 – $410.33

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