Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$2,141.00
Cash price 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.
$7,434.00
Gross charge 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.
$197.06 with Hill Physicians vs $11,428.00 with Health Net — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $197.06 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $224.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $271.14 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $367.46 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $371.15 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $455.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $566.93 | ↓ -74% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $566.93 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $840.48 | ↓ -61% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,168.25 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,419.87 | ↑ +13% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,539.95 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,617.47 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,643.12 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +66% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,646.25 | ↑ +117% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,894.05 | ↑ +129% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,956.00 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,956.00 | ↑ +131% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,017.95 | ↑ +134% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,141.85 | ↑ +140% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +158% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,952.00 | ↑ +178% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,133.05 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,195.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,195.00 | ↑ +189% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,195.00 | ↑ +189% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,428.00 | ↑ +434% |
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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,620.62 | $197.06 – $4,956.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,073.66 | $224.16 – $4,748.10 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,300.70 | $152.90 – $579.18 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,899.24 | $224.16 – $4,748.10 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,031.97 | $224.16 – $4,381.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,146.59 | $224.16 – $4,620.71 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,277.37 | $2,511.53 – $10,413.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $761.43 | $2,630.99 – $3,982.87 |