Dilate tear duct opening at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
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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.
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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.
$84.61 with Hill Physicians vs $17,701.00 with Aetna — 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 | $84.61 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $102.59 | — |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $156.79 | — |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $156.79 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $256.86 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $271.88 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $372.36 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $494.49 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $524.38 | — |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $524.38 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $534.87 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $540.11 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $568.47 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $568.47 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $842.72 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,882.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,452.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,701.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,701.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,701.00 | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | not published by hospital | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Dilate tear duct opening at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | not published | $84.61 – $842.72 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | not published | $192.85 – $947.70 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $602.01 – $1,921.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | not published | $156.79 – $507.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | not published | $156.79 – $156.79 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | not published | $156.79 – $507.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | not published | $156.79 – $595.66 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | not published | $156.79 – $595.66 |