Decalcification 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

$31.68

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.

$110.00

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.

$7.90 with Partnership Health Plan vs $91.30 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $7.90 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.16 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10.46 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.46 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $10.46 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10.46 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|< 21 $11.33 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|> 21 $11.33 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.46 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $19.15 ↓ -40%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.53 ↓ -32%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $22.27 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.53 ↓ -19%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $26.06 ↓ -18%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $26.06 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.05 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.05 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.05 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $45.10 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $47.59 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $59.49 ↑ +88%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $79.11 ↑ +150%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $82.50 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $82.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $86.90 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $88.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $89.10 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $91.30 ↑ +188%

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Decalcification at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $23.98 $7.90 – $88.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $56.07 $10.46 – $99.84
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3.80 $3.69 – $13.04
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $51.51 $18.04 – $35.43
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.66 $2.25 – $8.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.78 $3.50 – $24.85
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $20.56 $3.50 – $24.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $81.60 $18.04 – $49.56

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