Drug admin & hemodynmic meas 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

$482.98

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.

$1,677.00

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.

$96.34 with Hill Physicians vs $1,677.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $96.34 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|< 21 $100.92 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $100.92 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $101.78 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $122.71 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $165.35 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $167.11 ↓ -65%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $256.56 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $256.56 ↓ -47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $378.19 ↓ -22%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $586.95 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $687.57 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,257.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,324.83 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,341.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,358.37 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,391.91 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $1,660.23 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,677.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,677.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,677.00 ↑ +247%

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Drug admin & hemodynmic meas at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $365.59 $96.34 – $1,341.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $141.92 $87.48 – $252.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $613.76 $100.92 – $1,405.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $546.45 $100.92 – $1,366.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $494.72 $100.92 – $1,334.52
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $87.72 $2,699.00 – $2,699.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $722.07 $87.95 – $2,063.04
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $87.72 $1,716.00 – $1,716.00

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