Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$486.72
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.
$1,690.00
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.
$111.72 with United vs $17,563.00 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $111.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $121.32 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $143.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $183.04 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $193.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $205.60 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $209.72 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $211.77 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $265.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $407.38 | ↓ -16% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $407.38 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $564.13 | ↑ +16% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $591.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $600.51 | ↑ +23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $692.90 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $752.23 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,267.50 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,267.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,335.10 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,352.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,352.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,368.90 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,402.70 | ↑ +188% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,690.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,690.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,690.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,855.00 | ↑ +2541% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +3508% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +3508% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $368.42 | $111.72 – $1,352.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $700.80 | $137.42 – $1,111.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $402.99 | $31.29 – $429.71 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $700.23 | $290.98 – $648.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $566.25 | $111.72 – $1,168.16 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,565.44 | $111.72 – $473.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $406.12 | $111.72 – $771.60 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $330.57 | $111.72 – $732.03 |