Ghs hcv amplificaiton 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

$11.18

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.

$38.80

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.

$13.58 with Western Health Advantage vs $103.63 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $13.58 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.36 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $15.91 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $18.24 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.02 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $27.55 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $28.33 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $29.10 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.10 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.66 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $31.04 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $31.04 ↑ +178%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.19 ↑ +179%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $31.43 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $32.21 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.98 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $33.09 ↑ +196%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $35.09 ↑ +214%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +214%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $36.14 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $38.80 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|> 21 $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|< 21 $38.80 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $38.80 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $38.80 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $38.80 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $38.80 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $77.71 ↑ +595%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.63 ↑ +827%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.15 $7.02 – $61.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $30.09 $34.39 – $277.20
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Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $30.09 $398.19 – $398.19
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $30.09 $34.39 – $298.03
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $28.32 $29.83 – $70.18
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $21.15 $26.00 – $38.80

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