Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$132.77
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.
$461.00
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.
$66.81 with United vs $426.00 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $66.81 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.81 | ↓ -50% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.57 | ↓ -34% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $96.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $97.97 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $102.20 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $119.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $121.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $136.33 | ↑ +3% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $149.10 | ↑ +12% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $168.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $168.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.66 | ↑ +32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $188.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $198.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $210.42 | ↑ +58% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $287.28 | ↑ +116% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $319.50 | ↑ +141% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $336.54 | ↑ +153% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $340.80 | ↑ +157% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $345.06 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $345.06 | ↑ +160% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $353.58 | ↑ +166% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $421.74 | ↑ +218% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $426.00 | ↑ +221% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $426.00 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $426.00 | ↑ +221% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $426.00 | ↑ +221% |
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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $100.50 | $66.81 – $340.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,166.40 | $83.70 – $241.80 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $2,281.82 | $61.88 – $475.30 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,129.07 | $53.79 – $381.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $212.46 | $55.63 – $210.70 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $784.40 | $53.79 – $373.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $140.61 | $66.81 – $303.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $134.33 | $66.81 – $314.82 |