Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm 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

$8,589.60

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.

$29,825.00

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.

$18.85 with United vs $9,495.85 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $18.85 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|< 21 $18.85 ↓ -100%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $18.85 ↓ -100%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $20.74 ↓ -100%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.44 ↓ -100%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.82 ↓ -100%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $43.36 ↓ -99%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $43.36 ↓ -99%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $53.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $65.54 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Options PPO $73.99 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|HMO $73.99 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $73.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $81.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $109.03 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $117.42 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $156.59 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $192.04 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -72%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,965.30 ↓ -54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,261.00 ↓ -27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,782.75 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $7,513.20 ↓ -13%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,617.55 ↓ -11%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,826.25 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7,930.60 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $7,930.60 ↓ -8%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,348.00 ↓ -3%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,452.35 ↓ -2%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,661.05 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $9,391.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $9,391.50 ↑ +9%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $9,391.50 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $9,391.50 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9,391.50 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9,495.85 ↑ +11%

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Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $6,501.85 $18.85 – $9,287.15
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $24,714.20 $16.65 – $171.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,555.40 $18.85 – $8,140.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,256.35 $18.85 – $8,140.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $9,788.84 $18.85 – $23,746.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,683.30 $18.85 – $25,593.45
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $18,433.69 $18.02 – $176.69
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $9,706.23 $21.49 – $108.53

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