G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod 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

$653.76

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.

$2,270.00

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.

$102.43 with United vs $17,701.00 with Aetna — 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 $102.43 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|< 21 $102.43 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $112.67 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $192.57 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $194.62 ↓ -70%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $235.59 ↓ -64%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $235.59 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $400.09 ↓ -39%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $440.45 ↓ -33%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $553.19 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $657.52 ↑ +1%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $697.26 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +7%
United Medicare|All Plans $711.21 ↑ +9%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $718.18 ↑ +10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $794.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $930.70 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,702.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,793.30 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,816.00 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,816.00 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,816.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,838.70 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,884.10 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $2,247.30 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,270.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,270.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,270.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,270.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,270.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,882.00 ↑ +494%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,452.00 ↑ +1040%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +2608%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +2608%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +2608%

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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $494.86 $102.43 – $1,816.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $503.08 $102.43 – $1,084.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $497.66 $102.43 – $1,071.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $490.40 $102.43 – $1,401.12
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $792.59 $102.43 – $1,523.61
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,772.10 $102.43 – $3,347.30
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $642.85 $92.19 – $1,495.00
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $758.45 $1,104.48 – $1,679.06

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