Ghs reticulocyte count 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

$12.96

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.

$45.00

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.

$2.64 with Partnership Health Plan vs $45.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.64 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|> 21 $3.79 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|< 21 $3.79 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.06 ↓ -69%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4.17 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4.31 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.44 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5.17 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $5.17 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5.17 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5.17 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $8.72 ↓ -33%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $8.72 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $9.54 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.09 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.72 ↓ -2%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.75 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $16.65 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.45 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $21.15 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.05 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $29.67 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $29.67 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.67 ↑ +129%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $31.95 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $32.85 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $33.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $35.55 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $36.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $36.45 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.35 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $38.25 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +247%

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Ghs reticulocyte count at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $9.81 $2.64 – $36.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.75 $0.86 – $12.61
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $51.29 $3.79 – $75.46
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $146.55 $3.71 – $316.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $144.97 $3.71 – $312.05
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $254.67 $4.31 – $356.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $112.61 $3.66 – $314.06
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $211.67 $3.79 – $386.34

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