Facial bones <3 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

$275.91

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.

$958.00

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.

$24.86 with Hill Physicians vs $795.14 with MultiPlan — 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 $24.86 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $34.77 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $37.27 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|> 21 $37.27 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $41.00 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $48.84 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $70.81 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $76.58 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.58 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $76.58 ↓ -72%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $85.72 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $85.72 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $109.11 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $115.71 ↓ -58%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $115.71 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $118.03 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $119.18 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $160.24 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $182.03 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $182.03 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Options PPO $182.03 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $326.83 ↑ +18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $335.30 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $335.72 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $392.78 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $419.64 ↑ +52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $435.81 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $558.04 ↑ +102%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $718.50 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $718.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $756.82 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $766.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $775.98 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $795.14 ↑ +188%

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Facial bones <3 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $208.85 $24.86 – $766.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $313.61 $56.38 – $558.48
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $174.50 $17.61 – $258.02
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $912.39 $112.23 – $144.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $254.66 $37.27 – $488.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $422.25 $37.27 – $155.82
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $203.06 $37.27 – $447.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $196.63 $37.27 – $424.11

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