Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr 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

$215.14

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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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$747.00

Gross charge

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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.

$42.63 with United vs $14,317.00 with Cigna — 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 $42.63 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|> 21 $42.63 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $69.84 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $74.33 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $101.25 ↓ -53%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $155.41 ↓ -28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $155.41 ↓ -28%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $164.56 ↓ -24%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $192.17 ↓ -11%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $229.14 ↑ +7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $261.45 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $306.27 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $366.03 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↑ +91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $435.87 ↑ +103%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +103%
United Medicare|All Plans $444.59 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↑ +109%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $463.14 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $485.55 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $560.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $590.13 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $597.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $605.07 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $620.01 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $634.95 ↑ +195%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $657.36 ↑ +206%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $672.30 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $672.30 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $679.77 ↑ +216%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $747.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $747.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $747.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $747.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $747.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $747.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $747.00 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $14,317.00 ↑ +6555%

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Chemo ia infusion up to 1 hr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $162.85 $42.63 – $597.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $42.63 – $819.65
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,174.02 $424.83 – $424.83
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $471.23 $42.63 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $413.76 $42.63 – $11,929.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $204.68 $42.63 – $620.01
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $290.59 $42.63 – $657.36
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $204.68 $42.63 – $747.00

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