Bone marrow interpretation 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

$201.32

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$699.00

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.

$35.25 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,073.49 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $35.25 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $47.87 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|> 21 $50.56 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|< 21 $50.56 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $55.62 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $66.27 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $73.05 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $96.06 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $107.29 ↓ -47%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $116.29 ↓ -42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $116.29 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $143.06 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $233.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.84 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $233.84 ↑ +16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $244.65 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $258.63 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $286.59 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $328.53 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $342.51 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $496.29 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $510.27 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $524.25 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $524.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $552.21 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $559.20 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $559.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $566.19 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $580.17 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $594.15 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $659.16 ↑ +227%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $699.00 ↑ +247%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $699.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $699.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $699.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $699.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $699.00 ↑ +247%
United Medicare|All Plans $712.98 ↑ +254%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $719.97 ↑ +258%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,073.49 ↑ +433%

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Bone marrow interpretation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $152.39 $35.25 – $768.90
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $351.28 $66.30 – $1,604.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,276.02 $236.33 – $1,256.40
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,097.82 $50.56 – $1,615.95
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $432.90 $50.56 – $637.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,005.48 $50.56 – $1,551.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $260.82 $49.53 – $611.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $258.01 $49.53 – $611.00

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