Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,573.92
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.
$5,465.00
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.
$143.38 with Hill Physicians vs $17,563.00 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.
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 | $143.38 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $223.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $266.91 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $292.79 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $424.44 | ↓ -73% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $513.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $513.80 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $679.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $720.52 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $734.94 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $742.14 | ↓ -53% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $960.59 | ↓ -39% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,740.55 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,038.93 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,156.18 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,695.23 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,584.07 | ↑ +128% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,729.75 | ↑ +137% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,882.00 | ↑ +147% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,928.67 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,978.40 | ↑ +153% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,978.40 | ↑ +153% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,028.13 | ↑ +156% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,127.59 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,973.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,452.00 | ↑ +373% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,855.00 | ↑ +717% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1016% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1016% |
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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,191.37 | $143.38 – $3,978.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,841.31 | $337.97 – $5,059.86 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,816.62 | $736.35 – $928.66 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,584.46 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $213.12 | $82.79 – $313.60 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,480.98 | $223.39 – $1,518.02 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $868.14 | $223.39 – $1,852.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,524.60 | $223.39 – $1,829.64 |