Compatibility test each unit electronic at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$180.00
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.
$625.00
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.
$9.73 with BCBS - Anthem vs $531.25 with Blue Shield CA — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.73 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $62.86 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $83.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $98.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $98.83 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $160.78 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $178.99 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $178.99 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $178.99 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $200.97 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $212.34 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $218.75 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $229.69 | ↑ +28% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $231.25 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $231.94 | ↑ +29% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $256.25 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $267.25 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $293.75 | ↑ +63% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $306.25 | ↑ +70% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $312.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $312.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $443.75 | ↑ +147% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $456.25 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $468.75 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $468.75 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $493.75 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $500.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $506.25 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $518.75 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $531.25 | ↑ +195% |
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Compatibility test each unit electronic at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $136.25 | $9.73 – $500.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $252.58 | $34.27 – $354.05 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $432.99 | $69.25 – $287.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $80.51 | $76.75 – $210.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $79.64 | $6.76 – $210.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $446.76 | $87.51 – $287.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $236.13 | $99.24 – $287.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $9.71 | $1.70 – $13.60 |