Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$17,237.09

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$59,851.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$211.58 with Hill Physicians vs $25,516.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $211.58 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|< 21 $216.64 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|> 21 $216.64 ↓ -99%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $238.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $283.94 ↓ -98%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $291.69 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $331.40 ↓ -98%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $498.27 ↓ -97%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $498.27 ↓ -97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $931.55 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,044.16 ↓ -94%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,107.27 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,129.42 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,140.49 ↓ -93%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,975.70 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,485.82 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,506.06 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5,611.32 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,696.34 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,376.50 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,461.52 ↓ -63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,716.58 ↓ -61%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,801.60 ↓ -61%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,886.62 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,056.66 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $7,226.70 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,481.76 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $7,651.80 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $7,651.80 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7,736.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,821.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,821.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,821.84 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,936.00 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|HMO $12,286.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14,541.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14,541.00 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $15,348.00 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $19,185.00 ↑ +11%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $25,516.00 ↑ +48%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Critical care 30-74 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $13,047.52 $211.58 – $6,801.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,379.17 $295.99 – $6,326.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,663.58 $168.52 – $3,320.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $11,252.64 $1,113.16 – $1,135.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,180.04 $190.30 – $6,618.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,850.15 $216.64 – $5,665.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,130.12 $190.30 – $6,736.52
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,037.75 $216.64 – $6,714.16

All California hospitals for this procedure →