Heparin-protamine tolerance 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

$66.82

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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.

$232.00

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.

$11.64 with Partnership Health Plan vs $232.00 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 $11.64 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $12.34 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $13.09 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $13.48 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $15.71 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $15.71 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $15.71 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $15.71 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.70 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.70 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $18.37 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $21.88 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $28.99 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $36.02 ↓ -46%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $38.41 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $38.41 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.66 ↓ -42%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $81.20 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $85.84 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $95.12 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $97.89 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $97.89 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $97.89 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $109.04 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $113.68 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $164.72 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $169.36 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $174.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $174.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $183.28 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $185.60 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $185.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $187.92 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $192.56 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $197.20 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $232.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $232.00 ↑ +247%

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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $50.58 $11.64 – $185.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $107.31 $13.09 – $191.10
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $74.50 $13.09 – $267.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $218.55 $13.09 – $392.98
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $76.80 $11.13 – $26.18
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $63.57 $11.64 – $192.56
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $90.25 $11.64 – $190.24
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $63.57 $11.64 – $232.00

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