Feeding tube reposition 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

$555.84

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.

$1,930.00

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.

$147.83 with United vs $1,930.00 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.

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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 $147.83 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|> 21 $147.83 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $162.61 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $193.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $280.88 ↓ -49%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $340.01 ↓ -39%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $340.01 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $387.39 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $387.39 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $387.39 ↓ -30%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $635.67 ↑ +14%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $675.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $791.30 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,421.21 ↑ +156%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,447.50 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,447.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,524.70 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,544.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,563.30 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,601.90 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,776.51 ↑ +220%
United Commercial|HMO $1,910.70 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,930.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,930.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,930.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,930.00 ↑ +247%

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Feeding tube reposition at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $420.74 $147.83 – $1,544.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $205.86 $126.90 – $366.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $567.10 $147.83 – $1,298.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $519.40 $147.83 – $1,298.50
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $197.38 $147.83 – $432.09
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $195.25 $147.83 – $526.68
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $153.47 $105.21 – $420.84
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $284.28 $147.83 – $552.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →