Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$115.20

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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.

$400.00

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.

$24.49 with Hill Physicians vs $332.00 with MultiPlan — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $24.49 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $28.29 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|< 21 $40.58 ↓ -65%
United Medicaid|> 21 $40.58 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $43.68 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $44.64 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $53.19 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.24 ↓ -49%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $58.87 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $91.81 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $93.33 ↓ -19%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $93.33 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $108.70 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $108.70 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $108.70 ↓ -6%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $164.00 ↑ +42%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↑ +55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $197.14 ↑ +71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $212.34 ↑ +84%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $225.18 ↑ +95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +95%
United Medicare|All Plans $229.69 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $231.94 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $246.43 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $300.00 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $300.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $316.00 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $320.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $324.00 ↑ +181%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $327.69 ↑ +184%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $332.00 ↑ +188%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $87.20 $24.49 – $320.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $84.10 $51.84 – $384.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $290.19 $84.91 – $287.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $674.10 $40.58 – $509.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $164.51 $6.00 – $23.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $617.40 $40.58 – $509.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $77.91 $15.26 – $56.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $77.07 $15.26 – $56.68

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