Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm 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

$126.72

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.

$440.00

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.

$19.55 with Kaiser vs $80.75 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.55 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $20.40 ↓ -84%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.25 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.10 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.80 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.80 ↓ -81%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $32.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $34.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $43.35 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $44.05 ↓ -65%
United Medicaid|> 21 $44.05 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.05 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $48.45 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Options PPO $48.45 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $48.45 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $51.00 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $51.85 ↓ -59%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $55.25 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $61.20 ↓ -52%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $62.05 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.75 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $64.60 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $64.60 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $64.60 ↓ -49%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $68.85 ↓ -46%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.55 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $76.50 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $76.50 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $76.50 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.50 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $76.50 ↓ -40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $77.35 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $80.75 ↓ -36%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.75 ↓ -36%

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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $95.92 $19.55 – $75.65
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $116.51 $21.60 – $75.77
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $260.10 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.89 $34.00 – $66.64
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $79.58 $12.92 – $66.64
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50.09 $25.00 – $90.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $49.55 $33.75 – $130.95
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $260.10 not published

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