Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,643.33
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.
$5,706.00
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.
$87.25 with Hill Physicians vs $11,428.00 with Health Net — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $87.25 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $193.10 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $193.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $316.37 | ↓ -81% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $334.83 | ↓ -80% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $345.52 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $458.62 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $700.10 | ↓ -57% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $700.10 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,037.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,399.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,639.18 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,007.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,129.16 | ↑ +30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,171.75 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,193.03 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,998.50 | ↑ +82% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,158.42 | ↑ +92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,198.40 | ↑ +95% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,198.40 | ↑ +95% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,238.38 | ↑ +97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,318.34 | ↑ +102% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,958.02 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,998.00 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,998.00 | ↑ +143% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,998.00 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +187% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,952.00 | ↑ +262% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,428.00 | ↑ +595% |
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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,243.91 | $87.25 – $3,198.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $841.84 | $237.51 – $3,763.88 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $720.36 | $277.66 – $1,338.60 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,265.64 | $193.10 – $6,580.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,267.07 | $71.92 – $272.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,901.20 | $193.10 – $3,215.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,941.45 | $193.10 – $4,186.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,920.52 | $193.10 – $4,134.07 |