C-reactive protein, quantitative at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$29.38
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.
$102.00
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.
$9.45 with Partnership Health Plan vs $102.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.45 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10.64 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $10.96 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.77 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.77 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.77 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.77 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $13.56 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $13.56 | ↓ -54% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $14.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $17.77 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $23.58 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.73 | ↓ -9% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.19 | ↑ +6% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.19 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.44 | ↑ +7% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $35.70 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $37.74 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $41.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $47.94 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $49.98 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $72.42 | ↑ +146% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $73.47 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.47 | ↑ +150% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $73.47 | ↑ +150% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $74.46 | ↑ +153% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $76.50 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $76.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $80.58 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $81.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $81.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $82.62 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.66 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $86.70 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $102.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102.00 | ↑ +247% |
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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $22.24 | $9.45 – $81.60 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $19.11 | $2.13 – $29.10 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $36.21 | $10.43 – $132.23 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $59.28 | $10.64 – $135.73 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $54.30 | $10.64 – $135.73 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $68.27 | $10.64 – $62.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $67.53 | $10.64 – $61.62 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $36.21 | $10.64 – $167.10 |