Electrocorticography durng sx 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

$675.94

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.

$2,347.00

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.

$255.30 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 $255.30 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|> 21 $255.30 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $418.26 ↓ -38%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $445.21 ↓ -34%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $606.35 ↓ -10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $821.45 ↑ +22%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $930.90 ↑ +38%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $930.90 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $962.27 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,372.24 ↑ +103%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,587.26 ↑ +135%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,760.25 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,760.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,854.13 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,877.60 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,877.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,901.07 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,948.01 ↑ +188%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2,104.22 ↑ +211%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,347.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,347.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,347.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $12,855.00 ↑ +1802%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +2498%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +2498%

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Electrocorticography durng sx at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $511.65 $255.30 – $1,877.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $643.08 $255.30 – $1,948.01
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $912.99 $255.30 – $1,924.54
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $643.08 $255.30 – $2,347.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills $2,164.05 $2,445.49 – $6,661.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $10,181.44 – $10,181.44
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $12,866.82 – $12,866.82
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $14,591.05 – $14,591.05

All California hospitals for this procedure →