Cath stripping venous s&i 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

$374.69

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.

$1,301.00

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.

$99.36 with United vs $1,301.00 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.

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $99.36 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|< 21 $99.36 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $109.30 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $186.80 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $188.78 ↓ -50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $223.97 ↓ -40%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $228.53 ↓ -39%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $228.53 ↓ -39%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $260.67 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $427.25 ↑ +14%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $455.35 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $533.41 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $533.45 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $533.45 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $533.45 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $975.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $975.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $991.58 ↑ +165%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,027.79 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,040.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,053.81 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,079.83 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,239.47 ↑ +231%
United Commercial|HMO $1,287.99 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,301.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,301.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,301.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,301.00 ↑ +247%

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Cath stripping venous s&i at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $283.62 $99.36 – $1,040.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $367.92 $150.32 – $655.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $302.17 $99.36 – $706.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $276.76 $99.36 – $705.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,771.75 $99.36 – $5,976.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,741.86 $99.36 – $7,396.29
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,151.79 $99.36 – $6,089.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $802.56 $685.31 – $818.71

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