Calcium total 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

$60.20

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.

$209.00

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.

$1.44 with Western Health Advantage vs $15.22 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 $1.44 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.52 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1.69 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1.93 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.01 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $2.92 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $3.08 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3.08 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.24 ↓ -95%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3.28 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3.33 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3.41 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3.87 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4.10 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4.10 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4.10 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4.10 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $4.10 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.23 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.41 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.22 ↓ -75%

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Calcium total at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $45.57 $1.44 – $11.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $81.03 $1.49 – $13.67
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.06 $0.41 – $6.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $201.96 $5.06 – $41.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $164.36 $2.75 – $13.28
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $93.24 $2.98 – $5.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $150.53 $1.49 – $15.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $68.27 $3.50 – $14.81

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