Endoluminl ivus oct c ea 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

$2,203.49

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.

$7,651.00

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.

$197.65 with United vs $17,701.00 with Aetna — 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 $197.65 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $197.65 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $217.41 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $259.05 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $375.54 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $454.60 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $454.60 ↓ -79%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $849.88 ↓ -61%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,677.85 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,136.91 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +61%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +114%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,738.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,044.29 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,120.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,197.31 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,350.33 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $7,574.49 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7,651.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7,651.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,651.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +703%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +703%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +703%

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Endoluminl ivus oct c ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,667.92 $197.65 – $6,120.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,335.81 $299.03 – $5,940.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,857.57 $197.65 – $8,832.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,604.05 $197.65 – $9,010.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,432.04 $197.65 – $3,862.98
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $13,206.96 $839.55 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,518.78 $2,699.00 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,296.12 $197.65 – $15,131.76

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