Cath lt/rt pulm art at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$487.59
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.
$1,693.00
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.
$111.50 with United vs $5,532.00 with Aetna — 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.50 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.50 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $145.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $182.68 | ↓ -63% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $193.35 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.82 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $404.27 | ↓ -17% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $404.27 | ↓ -17% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $586.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $599.34 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $687.16 | ↑ +41% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $940.44 | ↑ +93% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,257.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,324.04 | ↑ +172% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,340.80 | ↑ +175% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,340.80 | ↑ +175% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,357.56 | ↑ +178% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,391.08 | ↑ +185% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,659.24 | ↑ +240% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,676.00 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,676.00 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,676.00 | ↑ +244% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +482% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +627% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +868% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1035% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1035% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +1035% |
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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $369.08 | $111.50 – $1,340.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $620.21 | $137.15 – $1,104.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,238.21 | $111.50 – $634.06 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,134.06 | $111.50 – $614.46 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,097.05 | $111.50 – $1,815.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,085.22 | $111.50 – $2,019.60 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,341.30 | $2,747.00 – $8,621.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $1,341.30 | $2,699.00 – $21,319.00 |