Brace ankle joint dflxn assist 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

$96.48

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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.

$335.00

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.

$44.18 with United vs $318.25 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $44.18 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|< 21 $44.18 ↓ -54%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $48.60 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $57.90 ↓ -40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $77.05 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $77.05 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $77.05 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $80.40 ↓ -17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $83.75 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $93.80 ↓ -3%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $93.80 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $127.30 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $134.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $170.85 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $177.55 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $190.95 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $190.95 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $201.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $204.35 ↑ +112%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $217.75 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $241.20 ↑ +150%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $244.55 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $251.25 ↑ +160%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $254.60 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $254.60 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $254.60 ↑ +164%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $268.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $271.35 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $278.05 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $301.50 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $301.50 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $301.50 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $301.50 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $301.50 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $304.85 ↑ +216%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $318.25 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $318.25 ↑ +230%

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Brace ankle joint dflxn assist at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $73.03 $44.18 – $298.15
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $261.05 $63.84 – $207.48
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $298.35 $44.18 – $663.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $189.20 $39.76 – $440.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $172.04 $44.18 – $440.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $143.44 $40.00 – $435.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $91.79 $36.85 – $284.75
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $146.52 $44.18 – $360.80

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