Chest X-ray at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$303.56
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.
$1,054.00
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.
$25.98 with Hill Physicians vs $874.82 with MultiPlan — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $25.98 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $27.47 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $27.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.22 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $36.23 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $51.64 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $63.18 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $72.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $72.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $72.84 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $74.65 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $109.11 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $115.71 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $118.03 | ↓ -61% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $118.12 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $119.18 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $182.03 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $182.03 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $182.03 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $326.83 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $368.90 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $420.31 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $432.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $435.81 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $525.39 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $698.66 | ↑ +130% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $790.50 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $790.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $832.66 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $843.20 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $853.74 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $874.82 | ↑ +188% |
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Chest X-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $229.78 | $25.98 – $843.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $295.22 | $41.56 – $525.72 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $314.25 | $17.61 – $486.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,100.58 | $106.75 – $181.03 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $580.80 | $27.47 – $1,158.36 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $460.88 | $27.47 – $170.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $573.11 | $27.47 – $720.30 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $319.81 | $27.47 – $689.60 |