Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$185.48

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.

$644.00

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.

$3.43 with Western Health Advantage vs $337.91 with Cigna — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.62 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.01 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.60 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.80 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6.95 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $7.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $7.34 ↓ -96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7.34 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.73 ↓ -96%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7.83 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7.83 ↓ -96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7.93 ↓ -96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8.12 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $9.23 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.78 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $9.78 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.78 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.78 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $9.78 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $10.08 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $253.41 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $337.91 ↑ +82%

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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $140.40 $3.43 – $253.41
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $268.94 $2.91 – $303.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $412.17 $6.33 – $294.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $183.41 $4.42 – $8.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $377.50 $4.05 – $346.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $464.13 $4.30 – $328.83
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $459.12 $4.30 – $328.83
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $713.75 $0.86 – $6.88

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