Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,795.97
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.
$6,236.00
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.
$979.04 with BCBS - Anthem 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $979.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,058.99 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,069.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,978.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,317.32 | ↑ +29% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,239.00 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,239.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,465.08 | ↑ +149% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,521.60 | ↑ +152% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,521.60 | ↑ +152% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,578.12 | ↑ +155% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,691.16 | ↑ +161% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,808.00 | ↑ +168% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $5,652.00 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,652.00 | ↑ +215% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,652.00 | ↑ +215% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,228.00 | ↑ +414% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,855.00 | ↑ +616% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +878% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +878% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,359.45 | $979.04 – $5,652.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,876.40 | $1,056.42 – $2,417.83 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,524.78 | $1,003.85 – $5,781.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,855.33 | $1,003.85 – $7,138.32 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $825.48 | $1,003.85 – $1,780.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,273.57 | $1,003.85 – $1,757.75 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,145.28 | $1,113.06 – $6,127.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,796.84 | $1,008.25 – $6,127.00 |