Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,403.14
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.
$4,872.00
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.
$141.14 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 | $141.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $221.02 | ↓ -84% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $239.76 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $263.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $450.75 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $455.54 | ↓ -68% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $551.45 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $551.45 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $679.45 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $720.52 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $734.94 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $742.14 | ↓ -47% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,030.97 | ↓ -27% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,551.90 | ↑ +11% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,817.94 | ↑ +30% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,325.50 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,502.86 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,547.20 | ↑ +153% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,547.20 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $3,547.20 | ↑ +153% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,591.54 | ↑ +156% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,680.22 | ↑ +162% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,882.00 | ↑ +177% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,434.00 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,434.00 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,434.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,452.00 | ↑ +431% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,855.00 | ↑ +816% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1152% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1152% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,062.10 | $141.14 – $3,547.20 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,409.00 | $362.73 – $4,290.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,141.65 | $61.91 – $395.60 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,472.48 | $736.35 – $1,818.47 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,912.74 | $239.76 – $4,379.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,962.04 | $239.76 – $2,064.86 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,751.85 | $239.76 – $2,408.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,231.20 | $239.76 – $4,811.20 |