Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,283.33
Cash price 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.
$4,456.00
Gross charge 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.
$132.32 with Hill Physicians 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $132.32 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $244.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $278.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $401.06 | ↓ -69% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $424.47 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $581.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $887.52 | ↓ -31% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $887.52 | ↓ -31% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,315.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,497.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,753.98 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,136.96 | ↑ +67% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,266.13 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,311.46 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,334.11 | ↑ +82% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,208.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,379.62 | ↑ +163% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,422.40 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,422.40 | ↑ +167% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,465.18 | ↑ +170% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,550.74 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,235.22 | ↑ +230% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,278.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,278.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $4,278.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $5,537.00 | ↑ +331% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,952.00 | ↑ +364% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,921.00 | ↑ +439% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +508% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +508% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,809.00 | ↑ +508% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,205.00 | ↑ +617% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,428.00 | ↑ +790% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $971.41 | $132.32 – $3,422.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,171.22 | $301.10 – $4,012.38 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $4,554.30 | $2,398.61 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $856.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,402.60 | $244.80 – $1,586.62 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $784.00 | $244.80 – $2,000.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,290.71 | $244.80 – $2,783.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,276.80 | $244.80 – $2,748.41 |