Drug test def 15-21 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

$36.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$26.25 with Western Health Advantage vs $586.86 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 $26.25 ↓ -27%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $27.75 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $30.75 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $35.25 ↓ -2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $36.75 ↑ +2%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $53.25 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $54.75 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $56.25 ↑ +56%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $56.25 ↑ +56%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $59.25 ↑ +65%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $60.00 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $60.75 ↑ +69%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $62.25 ↑ +73%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $63.75 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $70.73 ↑ +96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $75.00 ↑ +108%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $75.00 ↑ +108%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Options PPO $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Medicaid|< 21 $75.00 ↑ +108%
United Medicaid|> 21 $75.00 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +108%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $77.25 ↑ +115%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $440.12 ↑ +1123%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.86 ↑ +1530%

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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $27.25 $26.25 – $440.12
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $54.75 $20.25 – $527.31
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $50.94 $20.00 – $512.07
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $49.90 $40.55 – $74.91
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $46.65 $10.80 – $601.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $46.38 $50.00 – $571.10
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $45.88 $50.00 – $571.10
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $71.38 $10.00 – $80.00

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