Dialysis one evaluation 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

$703.01

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.

$2,441.00

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.

$82.81 with United vs $2,221.00 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 $82.81 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $82.81 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $88.01 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $89.73 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $135.66 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $144.41 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $196.67 ↓ -72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $301.94 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $301.94 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $445.08 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $527.67 ↓ -25%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $559.57 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $559.57 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $570.77 ↓ -19%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $576.36 ↓ -18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $777.35 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $910.61 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,665.75 ↑ +137%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,754.59 ↑ +150%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,776.80 ↑ +153%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,799.01 ↑ +156%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,843.43 ↑ +162%
United Commercial|HMO $2,198.79 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,221.00 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,221.00 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,221.00 ↑ +216%

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Dialysis one evaluation at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $532.14 $82.81 – $1,776.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,327.58 $101.86 – $957.84
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,165.35 $562.31 – $573.78
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,432.09 $82.81 – $3,279.08
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,311.64 $82.81 – $2,950.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,128.06 $82.81 – $723.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,441.95 $82.81 – $714.16
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,532.55 $592.45 – $592.45

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