Brain MRI (without contrast) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,633.54
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.
$5,672.00
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.
$145.45 with Hill Physicians vs $7,195.00 with Cigna — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $145.45 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $234.38 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.77 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.77 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $299.53 | ↓ -82% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $300.05 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $317.64 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $324.00 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $327.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $357.50 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $517.79 | ↓ -68% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.37 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $627.37 | ↓ -62% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,172.89 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,361.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $1,361.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,361.78 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,389.34 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,985.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,325.52 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,021.00 | ↑ +146% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,254.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,254.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,480.88 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,537.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,594.32 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,707.76 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,026.00 | ↑ +208% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,397.00 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,685.00 | ↑ +309% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,195.00 | ↑ +340% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,236.50 | $145.45 – $5,397.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,534.27 | $307.13 – $4,513.08 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,251.15 | $48.34 – $3,771.36 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,455.87 | $321.54 – $2,585.29 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $4,188.41 | $272.77 – $7,576.38 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $7,599.73 | $272.77 – $2,907.66 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $3,337.10 | $264.33 – $2,111.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,198.92 | $272.77 – $4,741.60 |