Carbamazepine total therapeutic drug level 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

$96.20

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.

$334.00

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.

$12.61 with Partnership Health Plan vs $334.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.61 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $13.74 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $14.57 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $15.01 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.48 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $17.48 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.48 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.48 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|< 21 $18.09 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|> 21 $18.09 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $19.90 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.71 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $32.26 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.03 ↓ -62%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $41.61 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $41.61 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.02 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.55 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.55 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $100.55 ↑ +5%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $116.90 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $123.58 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $136.94 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $156.98 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $163.66 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $237.14 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $243.82 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $250.50 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $250.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $263.86 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $267.20 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $267.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $270.54 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $277.22 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $283.90 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $334.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $334.00 ↑ +247%

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Carbamazepine total therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $72.82 $12.61 – $267.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $208.49 $3.20 – $38.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $27.54 $2.91 – $42.68
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $392.19 $14.28 – $118.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $349.68 $5.91 – $37.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $148.52 $6.40 – $11.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $320.27 $3.19 – $44.13
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $268.98 $14.57 – $105.60

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