Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$89.28
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.
$310.00
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.
$71.30 with Kaiser vs $294.50 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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| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $71.30 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.30 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $71.30 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.40 | ↓ -17% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.50 | ↓ -13% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.80 | ↓ -3% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $86.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $117.80 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $119.66 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $124.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $126.89 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $129.43 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $130.70 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $158.10 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $164.30 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $176.70 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $176.70 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $186.00 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $189.10 | ↑ +112% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $201.50 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $223.20 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $226.30 | ↑ +153% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $232.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $235.60 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $235.60 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $235.60 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $248.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $251.10 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $257.30 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $279.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $279.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $279.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $279.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $279.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $282.10 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $294.50 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $294.50 | ↑ +230% |
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Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $67.58 | $71.30 – $248.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $390.15 | $97.80 – $99.80 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $302.02 | $99.80 – $99.80 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $369.50 | not published |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $252.45 | not published |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $369.50 | not published |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $390.15 | $97.80 – $99.80 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $275.18 | $84.83 – $184.63 |