Cytogenom microarray copy nmbr var 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

$482.35

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.

$1,674.80

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.

$586.18 with Western Health Advantage vs $2,657.66 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 $586.18 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $686.67 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $848.70 ↑ +76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
United Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $900.00 ↑ +87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $900.00 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $927.00 ↑ +92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,080.00 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,080.00 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|HMO $1,080.00 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,080.00 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,085.26 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,085.26 ↑ +125%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,085.26 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,256.10 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,256.10 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,323.10 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,339.84 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,339.84 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,356.59 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,390.09 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,674.80 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,674.80 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,993.10 ↑ +313%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,657.66 ↑ +451%

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Cytogenom microarray copy nmbr var at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $365.11 $574.30 – $1,993.10
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $912.77 $900.00 – $1,641.31
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $458.90 $184.23 – $1,993.10
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $651.50 $184.23 – $1,993.10
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $458.90 $184.23 – $1,674.80
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $882.00 – $2,122.38
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $900.00 – $2,682.17
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $900.00 – $5,069.32

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