Brace halo bremer l2830 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

$216.00

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.

$750.00

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.

$101.20 with Kaiser vs $418.00 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 $101.20 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $105.60 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|< 21 $108.21 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|> 21 $108.21 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $114.40 ↓ -47%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $119.03 ↓ -45%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $123.20 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $123.20 ↓ -43%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $167.20 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $176.00 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $224.40 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.20 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $250.80 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $250.80 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $264.00 ↑ +22%
United Commercial|HMO $268.40 ↑ +24%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $316.80 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $321.20 ↑ +49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $330.00 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $334.40 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $334.40 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $334.40 ↑ +55%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $352.00 ↑ +63%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $356.40 ↑ +65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $365.20 ↑ +69%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $396.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $396.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $396.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $396.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $396.00 ↑ +83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $400.40 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $418.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $418.00 ↑ +94%

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Brace halo bremer l2830 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $163.50 $101.20 – $391.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $200.17 $109.68 – $356.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $144.69 $97.50 – $351.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $143.13 $97.50 – $378.30
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $103.20 $91.26 – $351.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $743.77 $103.68 – $423.36
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $105.06 $46.92 – $195.84
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $189.20 $88.00 – $541.05

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