Boot j walker l at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$216.00
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.
$750.00
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.
$19.55 with Kaiser vs $85.00 with United — 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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| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $19.55 | ↓ -91% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $19.55 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $20.40 | ↓ -91% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $21.25 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.10 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.80 | ↓ -89% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.80 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $32.30 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $34.00 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $43.35 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.05 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $48.45 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.45 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $51.00 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $51.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $55.25 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $61.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $62.05 | ↓ -71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $63.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $64.60 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $64.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $64.60 | ↓ -70% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $68.00 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $68.85 | ↓ -68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.55 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $76.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $76.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $76.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $77.35 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $80.75 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $80.75 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $85.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.00 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $85.00 | ↓ -61% |
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Boot j walker l at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $163.50 | $19.55 – $85.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $442.38 | $143.04 – $464.88 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $108.38 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $196.46 | $79.00 – $154.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $179.93 | $30.02 – $154.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $417.38 | $25.00 – $99.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $412.88 | $25.00 – $99.66 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $108.38 | not published |