Brace cust back lso at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,776.96
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.
$6,170.00
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.
$645.31 with United vs $5,861.50 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.
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 | $645.31 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $645.31 | ↓ -64% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $709.84 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,213.18 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,226.09 | ↓ -31% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,419.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,419.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.10 | ↓ -20% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,484.21 | ↓ -16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,484.21 | ↓ -16% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,542.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $2,344.60 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $2,468.00 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,146.70 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,270.10 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,516.90 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,516.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $3,702.00 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,763.70 | ↑ +112% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $4,010.50 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,442.40 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $4,504.10 | ↑ +153% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,627.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $4,689.20 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $4,689.20 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,689.20 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,936.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,997.70 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,121.10 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,553.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,553.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,553.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,553.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $5,553.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $5,614.70 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,861.50 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,861.50 | ↑ +230% |
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Brace cust back lso at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,345.06 | $645.31 – $5,491.30 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,654.77 | $906.72 – $2,946.84 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $758.63 | not published |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,617.84 | $299.50 – $599.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,481.76 | $113.81 – $599.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $587.27 | not published |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $718.46 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $490.88 | not published |