Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 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

$1,108.52

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.

$3,849.00

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.

$50.97 with Hill Physicians vs $5,532.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $50.97 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $120.69 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $152.94 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|> 21 $152.94 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $250.57 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $265.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $363.24 ↓ -67%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $554.51 ↓ -50%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $554.51 ↓ -50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $822.06 ↓ -26%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $852.95 ↓ -23%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $999.17 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,827.75 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,925.23 ↑ +74%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,949.60 ↑ +76%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,973.97 ↑ +78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,022.71 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|HMO $2,412.63 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,437.00 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,437.00 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,437.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +156%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +326%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +399%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +399%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +399%

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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $839.09 $50.97 – $1,949.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $732.34 $171.45 – $495.30
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,391.86 $152.94 – $3,116.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $749.25 $40.36 – $152.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,246.56 $152.94 – $1,855.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,001.70 $152.94 – $1,175.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $484.81 $152.94 – $1,307.79
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,021.06 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00

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