Culture mycoplasma any source 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

$10.37

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.

$36.00

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.

$8.40 with Western Health Advantage vs $45.43 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $8.88 ↓ -14%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.84 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $11.28 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $11.76 ↑ +13%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $13.68 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $14.51 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $15.39 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $15.85 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $17.04 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $17.52 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $18.00 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↑ +74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.47 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.47 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.47 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|HMO $18.47 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.96 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $19.20 ↑ +85%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↑ +85%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19.44 ↑ +87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $19.62 ↑ +89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $19.62 ↑ +89%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.92 ↑ +92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.40 ↑ +97%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $21.58 ↑ +108%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.00 ↑ +131%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $34.07 ↑ +229%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.43 ↑ +338%

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Culture mycoplasma any source at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $7.85 $8.40 – $34.07
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $7.34 $4.53 – $40.82
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.25 $3.08 – $22.57
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $108.27 $15.08 – $125.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $16.53 $15.39 – $39.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $23.98 $15.39 – $35.28
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $15.14 $9.72 – $46.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $14.33 $12.00 – $44.21

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