Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$1,090.37

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.

$3,786.00

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.

$61.09 with United vs $7,452.00 with Health Net — 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $61.09 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $61.09 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $75.27 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $100.09 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $105.94 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $117.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $145.10 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $221.51 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $221.51 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $328.38 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $871.89 ↓ -20%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $924.59 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $924.59 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $943.09 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $952.33 ↓ -13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,272.25 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,490.35 ↑ +37%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,726.25 ↑ +150%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,871.65 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,908.00 ↑ +167%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $2,908.00 ↑ +167%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,944.35 ↑ +170%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,017.05 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +225%
United Commercial|HMO $3,598.65 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,635.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,635.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,635.00 ↑ +233%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,882.00 ↑ +256%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +333%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +407%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +407%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +407%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,452.00 ↑ +583%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $825.35 $61.09 – $2,908.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $342.96 $75.14 – $1,566.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $551.23 $87.85 – $1,024.32
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,031.84 $593.00 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,168.44 $61.09 – $2,497.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,860.81 $61.09 – $1,197.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,038.80 $61.09 – $1,940.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.86 $61.09 – $976.00

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