Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization 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

$18.15

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.

$63.00

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.

$2.68 with Hill Physicians vs $63.00 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2.68 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.93 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3.11 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $3.22 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.31 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.99 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.99 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $5.99 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.26 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.74 ↓ -63%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.74 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $6.82 ↓ -62%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.04 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.09 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9.33 ↓ -49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9.52 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.52 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.52 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9.52 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9.52 ↓ -48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.52 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.72 ↓ -24%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17.90 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $25.83 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $47.25 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $47.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.77 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $51.03 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.29 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $59.22 ↑ +226%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $63.00 ↑ +247%

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Carboplatin 10 mg/ml desensitization at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $13.74 $2.68 – $50.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $4.31 – $28.47
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.38 $4.31 – $67.62
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $41.96 $16.30 – $61.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $38.81 $2.93 – $70.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $40.07 $2.93 – $15.39
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $39.64 $4.12 – $14.22
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $404.90 $5.86 – $171.79

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