Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$203.62

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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.

$707.00

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.

$15.32 with United vs $17,563.00 with United — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $15.32 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $15.32 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.85 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $18.28 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.81 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $35.24 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $35.24 ↓ -83%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $65.88 ↓ -68%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $247.45 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.04 ↑ +24%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $267.27 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $272.62 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $275.29 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $289.87 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $343.88 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $346.43 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $429.85 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $438.34 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $459.55 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $530.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $558.53 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $565.60 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $571.61 ↑ +181%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $572.67 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $586.81 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $636.30 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $636.30 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $643.37 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $707.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,055.00 ↑ +418%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +817%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +1122%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +6545%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +8525%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +8525%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $154.13 $15.32 – $1,867.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $192.72 $21.22 – $480.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $110.10 $26.68 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $477.36 $148.11 – $301.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.09 $11.58 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $306.36 $15.32 – $90.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $138.38 $11.58 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.93 $15.32 – $237.00

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