Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$190.08

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$660.00

Gross charge

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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.

$71.55 with Hill Physicians vs $7,809.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $71.55 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|> 21 $88.44 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|< 21 $88.44 ↓ -53%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $137.97 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $144.89 ↓ -24%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $153.35 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $210.05 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $231.00 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $240.58 ↑ +27%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $255.12 ↑ +34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $255.12 ↑ +34%
United Medicare|All Plans $260.23 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $262.77 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $270.60 ↑ +42%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $320.64 ↑ +69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $320.64 ↑ +69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $475.36 ↑ +150%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $495.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $521.40 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $528.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $534.60 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $547.80 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $653.40 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $660.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $660.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $660.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +1393%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,135.00 ↑ +1549%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +1766%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +2382%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,019.00 ↑ +3067%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,809.00 ↑ +4008%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,809.00 ↑ +4008%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,809.00 ↑ +4008%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $143.88 $71.55 – $528.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $386.58 $268.99 – $1,687.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,014.39 $283.41 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $402.39 $256.73 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $574.77 $268.94 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $294.27 $1,333.00 – $25,998.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $248.73 $88.44 – $677.88
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $417.69 $277.75 – $4,042.00

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