Brace back pinnacle lo 627 lumbar at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$620.64
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.
$2,155.00
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.
$258.38 with United vs $1,572.25 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $258.38 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $258.38 | ↓ -58% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $284.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $380.65 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $380.65 | ↓ -39% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $380.65 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $397.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $413.75 | ↓ -33% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $430.30 | ↓ -31% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $463.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $463.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $628.90 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $662.00 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $844.05 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $877.15 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $943.35 | ↑ +52% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $943.35 | ↑ +52% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $993.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,009.55 | ↑ +63% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,075.75 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,191.60 | ↑ +92% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $1,208.15 | ↑ +95% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,241.25 | ↑ +100% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $1,257.80 | ↑ +103% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,257.80 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,257.80 | ↑ +103% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,324.00 | ↑ +113% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,340.55 | ↑ +116% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,373.65 | ↑ +121% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,489.50 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,489.50 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,489.50 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,489.50 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,489.50 | ↑ +140% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,506.05 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,572.25 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,572.25 | ↑ +153% |
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Brace back pinnacle lo 627 lumbar at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $469.79 | $258.38 – $1,472.95 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $751.17 | $242.40 – $787.80 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,262.29 | not published |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,198.33 | $258.38 – $1,318.50 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,185.41 | $258.38 – $1,421.05 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,258.34 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,380.63 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $867.82 | not published |