Calprotectin fecal 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

$11.52

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.

$40.00

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.

$14.00 with Western Health Advantage vs $57.97 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 $14.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $16.40 ↑ +42%
United Medicaid|< 21 $17.45 ↑ +51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $17.45 ↑ +51%
United Medicaid|> 21 $17.45 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $18.51 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $18.80 ↑ +63%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $19.20 ↑ +67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.60 ↑ +70%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $19.63 ↑ +70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.63 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $20.22 ↑ +76%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.56 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|HMO $23.56 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.56 ↑ +105%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.56 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $28.40 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $29.20 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $30.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $31.60 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $32.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $32.40 ↑ +181%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.81 ↑ +185%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $33.16 ↑ +188%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.20 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $34.00 ↑ +195%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $43.47 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.97 ↑ +403%

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Calprotectin fecal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $8.72 $14.00 – $43.47
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $52.09
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $159.00 $3.93 – $246.38
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $89.25 $19.24 – $160.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $17.12 $15.70 – $50.58
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $26.64 $17.45 – $39.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $15.68 $10.80 – $59.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.84 $10.69 – $56.41

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