Hematocrit 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

$36.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$0.76 with Western Health Advantage vs $7.00 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $0.76 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.81 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $0.89 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1.02 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.07 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1.55 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1.59 ↓ -96%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1.63 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.72 ↓ -95%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1.74 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1.74 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1.76 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.81 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $1.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2.05 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.11 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $2.17 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $2.17 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.17 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $2.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $2.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2.24 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5.25 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.00 ↓ -81%

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Hematocrit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $27.25 $0.76 – $5.25
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $95.05 $2.37 – $7.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.13 $0.47 – $7.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.41 $2.32 – $19.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $53.93 $2.37 – $6.86
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $49.40 $1.89 – $7.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $59.36 $2.37 – $80.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $58.72 $2.37 – $79.79

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