Controler lvad heartmate 3 includes ebb 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

$11,167.20

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.

$38,775.00

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.

$5,276.20 with Kaiser vs $21,793.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,276.20 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5,276.20 ↓ -53%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5,276.20 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5,505.60 ↓ -51%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5,735.00 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $5,964.40 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6,423.20 ↓ -42%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6,423.20 ↓ -42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,717.20 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $9,176.00 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,699.40 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12,158.20 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Options PPO $13,075.80 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13,075.80 ↑ +17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $13,764.00 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|HMO $13,993.40 ↑ +25%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $14,911.00 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $16,516.80 ↑ +48%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $16,746.20 ↑ +50%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17,205.00 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17,434.40 ↑ +56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $17,434.40 ↑ +56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $17,434.40 ↑ +56%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $18,352.00 ↑ +64%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18,581.40 ↑ +66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19,040.20 ↑ +71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,646.00 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20,646.00 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20,646.00 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20,646.00 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20,646.00 ↑ +85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $20,875.40 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21,793.00 ↑ +95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $21,793.00 ↑ +95%

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Controler lvad heartmate 3 includes ebb at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $8,452.95 $5,276.20 – $20,416.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $18,418.75 not published
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,418.75 not published
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,361.44 not published
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $8,785.26 not published
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $7,361.44 not published
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $18,418.75 not published
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $14,113.44 not published

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