Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs 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

$333.80

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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.

$1,159.00

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.

$175.62 with United vs $14,317.00 with Cigna — 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 $175.62 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|> 21 $175.62 ↓ -47%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $176.89 ↓ -47%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $205.76 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $287.72 ↓ -14%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $306.26 ↓ -8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $401.80 ↑ +20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $417.09 ↑ +25%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $435.87 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +31%
United Medicare|All Plans $444.59 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↑ +34%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $470.68 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $562.52 ↑ +69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $640.37 ↑ +92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $640.37 ↑ +92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $711.76 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $746.20 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $861.00 ↑ +158%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $906.92 ↑ +172%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $918.40 ↑ +175%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $929.88 ↑ +179%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $943.94 ↑ +183%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $952.84 ↑ +185%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $975.80 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,010.24 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1,033.20 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,033.20 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,044.68 ↑ +213%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|HMO $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,148.00 ↑ +244%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $14,317.00 ↑ +4189%

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Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $252.67 $175.62 – $943.94
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $175.62 – $819.65
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $502.08 $361.10 – $785.93
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $275.01 $175.62 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $413.76 $175.62 – $11,929.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $224.16 $361.10 – $785.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,100.64 $361.10 – $785.93
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $317.57 $126.28 – $952.84

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