Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$27.94
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.
$97.00
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.
$22.95 with Hill Physicians vs $93.00 with United — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $22.95 | ↓ -18% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $32.55 | ↑ +16% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $38.13 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $48.64 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $51.58 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $52.62 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $53.13 | ↑ +90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $54.33 | ↑ +94% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $69.75 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $73.47 | ↑ +163% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $74.40 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $74.40 | ↑ +166% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $75.33 | ↑ +170% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $77.19 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $92.07 | ↑ +230% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $93.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $93.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $93.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $93.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $93.00 | ↑ +233% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $21.15 | $22.95 – $93.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $58.70 | $32.24 – $104.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $96.30 | $49.87 – $220.50 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $88.20 | $49.87 – $220.50 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $40.07 | $49.87 – $83.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $39.64 | $49.87 – $82.16 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $54.57 | $53.03 – $345.18 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $27.64 | $19.74 – $78.96 |