Fluoroguide needle placement at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$859.68
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.
$2,985.00
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.
$66.51 with United vs $2,870.00 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 | $66.51 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $66.51 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.16 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $97.78 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.04 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $126.73 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $179.06 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $179.06 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.06 | ↓ -79% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.99 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $912.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,004.50 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,140.43 | ↑ +33% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,176.70 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,516.52 | ↑ +76% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,152.50 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,267.30 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,296.00 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $2,296.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,324.70 | ↑ +170% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,382.10 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,841.30 | ↑ +231% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,870.00 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,870.00 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,870.00 | ↑ +234% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $650.73 | $66.51 – $2,296.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,216.77 | $100.63 – $2,166.84 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $581.87 | $109.74 – $860.39 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,106.19 | $262.41 – $392.94 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $658.27 | $66.51 – $1,292.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,963.37 | $21.48 – $81.34 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $536.26 | $66.51 – $765.38 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $480.82 | $66.51 – $1,036.80 |