Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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

$1,199.52

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.

$4,165.00

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.

$183.92 with United 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.

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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 $183.92 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|< 21 $183.92 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $190.39 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $202.31 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $345.77 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $423.02 ↓ -65%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $423.02 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $579.35 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $790.86 ↓ -34%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,016.87 ↓ -15%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,399.30 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,639.18 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,007.80 ↑ +67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +78%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,171.75 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,193.03 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +137%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,998.50 ↑ +150%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,158.42 ↑ +163%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $3,198.40 ↑ +167%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,198.40 ↑ +167%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,238.38 ↑ +170%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,318.34 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|HMO $3,958.02 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,998.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,998.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,998.00 ↑ +233%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +293%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,952.00 ↑ +396%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,809.00 ↑ +551%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,809.00 ↑ +551%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,809.00 ↑ +551%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $11,428.00 ↑ +853%

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $907.97 $183.92 – $3,198.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,554.90 $278.25 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,287.66 $183.92 – $4,718.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $7,554.44 $183.92 – $11,116.14
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,038.80 $183.92 – $4,436.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,698.44 $183.92 – $3,496.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,781.06 $183.92 – $3,616.62
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,197.59 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →