Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les 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

$100.80

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.

$350.00

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.

$22.03 with Hill Physicians vs $5,532.00 with Aetna — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $22.03 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|< 21 $38.42 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|> 21 $38.42 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $42.26 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $57.11 ↓ -43%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $88.37 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $88.37 ↓ -12%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $90.30 ↓ -10%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $91.26 ↓ -9%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $143.50 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $206.53 ↑ +105%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $262.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $276.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $283.50 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $290.50 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $346.50 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $350.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $350.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $350.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +2715%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +3419%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +4581%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +5388%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +5388%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +5388%

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Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $76.30 $22.03 – $280.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,126.73 $58.13 – $2,715.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $298.86 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.96 $16.04 – $60.76
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.71 $38.42 – $206.91
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $315.18 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,008.27 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $203.49 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87

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