Cath hawkone s directional 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

$6,606.72

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.

$22,940.00

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.

$2,400.05 with Kaiser vs $9,913.25 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,504.40 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,608.75 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,713.10 ↓ -59%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,921.80 ↓ -56%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,921.80 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,965.30 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,174.00 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,321.85 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,530.55 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,947.95 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,947.95 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,261.00 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $6,365.35 ↓ -4%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,782.75 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $7,513.20 ↑ +14%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,617.55 ↑ +15%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,826.25 ↑ +18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,930.60 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,930.60 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7,930.60 ↑ +20%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,348.00 ↑ +26%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,452.35 ↑ +28%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,661.05 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9,391.50 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,391.50 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,391.50 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,391.50 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,391.50 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9,495.85 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,913.25 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,913.25 ↑ +50%

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Cath hawkone s directional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $5,000.92 $2,400.05 – $9,287.15
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7,999.20 $1,724.76 – $4,982.64
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6,475.07 $2,002.85 – $4,738.45
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $15,119.46 not published
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,817.85 $1,910.61 – $8,140.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,160.28 $1,578.33 – $8,140.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,791.31 $2,307.50 – $8,307.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,448.27 $2,307.50 – $8,953.10

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