Ext ecg>7d<15d scan a/r at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$161.00
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.
$559.00
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.
$48.15 with BCBS - Anthem 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.
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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $48.15 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $159.73 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $169.39 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $172.78 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $174.47 | ↑ +8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $195.65 | ↑ +22% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $201.42 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $201.42 | ↑ +25% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $221.56 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $229.19 | ↑ +42% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $271.28 | ↑ +68% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $378.67 | ↑ +135% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $419.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $441.61 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $447.20 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $452.79 | ↑ +181% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $463.27 | ↑ +188% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $463.27 | ↑ +188% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $463.97 | ↑ +188% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $559.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $559.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12,855.00 | ↑ +7884% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +10809% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +10809% |
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Ext ecg>7d<15d scan a/r at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $121.87 | $48.15 – $559.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $167.28 | $171.12 – $171.12 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $131.58 | not published |
| California Hospital Medical Center | Los Angeles | $232.32 | $31.68 – $1,985.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $153.17 | $48.15 – $559.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $217.46 | $48.15 – $559.00 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $153.17 | $61.49 – $559.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $179.30 – $182.96 |