Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$15.56
Cash price 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.
$54.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.90 with Western Health Advantage vs $249.06 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $18.90 | ↑ +21% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.14 | ↑ +42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $30.46 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $30.46 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $30.46 | ↑ +96% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $33.51 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $40.50 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $40.50 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $42.66 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $43.20 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $43.74 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $44.82 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $50.76 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $54.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $186.75 | ↑ +1100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $249.06 | ↑ +1501% |
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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $11.78 | $18.90 – $186.75 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $108.19 | $34.27 – $192.66 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $116.40 | $50.26 – $161.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $80.90 | $30.46 – $185.22 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $87.92 | $28.98 – $109.76 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $74.88 | $30.46 – $187.18 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $54.91 | $30.46 – $148.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $54.32 | $30.46 – $148.00 |