C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$116.43

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.

$404.25

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.

$87.50 with Western Health Advantage vs $973.02 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $87.50 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $102.50 ↓ -12%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $187.50 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $187.50 ↑ +61%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $197.50 ↑ +70%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $200.00 ↑ +72%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $200.00 ↑ +72%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $202.50 ↑ +74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $207.50 ↑ +78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $235.75 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Options PPO $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Medicaid|< 21 $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Medicaid|> 21 $250.00 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $250.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $250.00 ↑ +115%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $250.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $250.00 ↑ +115%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
United Commercial|HMO $250.00 ↑ +115%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $250.00 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $257.50 ↑ +121%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $729.71 ↑ +527%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $973.02 ↑ +736%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $88.13 $87.50 – $729.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.83 $69.39 – $874.28
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.00 $125.00 – $849.01
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $163.17 $132.62 – $245.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.00 $67.50 – $998.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $311.64 $122.50 – $946.89
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $308.28 $122.50 – $946.89
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $246.96 $51.45 – $245.00

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