Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 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

$520.71

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.

$1,808.00

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.

$86.73 with United 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.

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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
United Medicaid|< 21 $86.73 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $86.73 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $142.09 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $151.25 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $205.98 ↓ -60%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $316.25 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $316.25 ↓ -39%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $371.66 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $385.89 ↓ -26%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $409.21 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $409.21 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $414.02 ↓ -20%
United Medicare|All Plans $417.40 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $421.49 ↓ -19%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $466.17 ↓ -10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $632.80 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $741.28 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,136.15 ↑ +118%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,356.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,356.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,420.19 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,428.32 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,446.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,464.48 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,500.64 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,808.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,808.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $12,855.00 ↑ +2369%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +3273%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +3273%

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Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $394.15 $86.73 – $1,446.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $904.47 $106.68 – $1,610.70
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $455.09 $62.28 – $762.42
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,460.75 $290.98 – $489.34
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $695.50 $86.73 – $1,448.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $616.05 $86.73 – $906.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $637.00 $86.73 – $1,592.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $323.52 $86.73 – $697.60

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