Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) 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

$24.20

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.

$84.00

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.

$2.11 with Western Health Advantage vs $22.08 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 $2.11 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2.23 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.47 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.83 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.95 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $4.27 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $4.39 ↓ -82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.51 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $4.51 ↓ -81%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -80%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.81 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.81 ↓ -80%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.87 ↓ -80%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4.99 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $5.11 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.67 ↓ -77%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $6.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.01 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.01 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|HMO $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.01 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.01 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.01 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.20 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $16.56 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.08 ↓ -9%

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Ghs sensitivity (per antimicro) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $18.32 $2.11 – $16.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.15 $1.50 – $61.11
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $22.69 $6.07 – $34.27
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.64 $6.07 – $34.27
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $61.59 $3.81 – $21.49
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $60.93 $3.81 – $21.49
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $109.07 $0.77 – $6.10
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $108.20 $1.61 – $7.62

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