Des thora aorta rpr without left sub art 33881 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

$1,438.85

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.

$4,996.00

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.

$1,425.88 with Hill Physicians vs $35,027.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $1,425.88 ↓ -1%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,474.77 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,474.77 ↑ +2%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,523.78 ↑ +6%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,748.60 ↑ +22%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,782.78 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,048.36 ↑ +42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,416.14 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,441.84 ↑ +70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,727.63 ↑ +159%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,727.63 ↑ +159%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,747.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,946.84 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,996.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,046.76 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,146.68 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $4,946.04 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,996.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,996.00 ↑ +247%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,996.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,996.00 ↑ +247%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,814.00 ↑ +652%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,710.00 ↑ +853%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13,737.00 ↑ +855%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +1130%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +1130%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +1130%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,816.00 ↑ +1347%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $21,069.00 ↑ +1364%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21,459.00 ↑ +1391%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,775.00 ↑ +1622%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26,336.00 ↑ +1730%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35,027.00 ↑ +2334%

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Des thora aorta rpr without left sub art 33881 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,089.13 $1,425.88 – $4,996.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5,757.89 $1,474.77 – $13,183.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,055.63 $1,474.77 – $12,639.06
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $7,377.15 $10,413.00 – $13,524.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $3,624.96 $4,666.00 – $16,338.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $16,529.40 $1,474.77 – $33,058.80
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $2,586.99 $1,333.50 – $8,103.55
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,868.16 $5,463.00 – $17,143.00

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