Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 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

$2,311.20

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.

$8,025.00

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.

$292.10 with Kaiser vs $1,206.50 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 $292.10 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $292.10 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $292.10 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $304.80 ↓ -87%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $317.50 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $330.20 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $355.60 ↓ -85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $355.60 ↓ -85%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $482.60 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $508.00 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $647.70 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $673.10 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $723.90 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $723.90 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $762.00 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $774.70 ↓ -66%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $825.50 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $914.40 ↓ -60%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $927.10 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|> 21 $934.38 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|< 21 $934.38 ↓ -60%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $952.50 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $965.20 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $965.20 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $965.20 ↓ -58%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,016.00 ↓ -56%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,027.82 ↓ -56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,028.70 ↓ -55%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,054.10 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,143.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,143.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,143.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,143.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,143.00 ↓ -51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,155.70 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,206.50 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,206.50 ↓ -48%

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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,749.45 $292.10 – $1,130.30
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,151.46 $242.40 – $1,607.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,464.56 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,103.20 $934.38 – $4,815.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,926.29 $933.66 – $4,815.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,025.66 $281.25 – $1,012.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,003.82 $281.25 – $1,091.25
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,464.56 not published

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