Histamine at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$7.20
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.
$25.00
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.
$8.44 with Western Health Advantage vs $87.18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $8.44 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8.93 | ↑ +24% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $9.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $11.34 | ↑ +58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $11.82 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $17.12 | ↑ +138% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $17.61 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $18.09 | ↑ +151% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18.09 | ↑ +151% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $19.05 | ↑ +165% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $19.29 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $19.29 | ↑ +168% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $19.53 | ↑ +171% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $20.02 | ↑ +178% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.50 | ↑ +185% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $22.74 | ↑ +216% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.11 | ↑ +235% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $24.84 | ↑ +245% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $65.38 | ↑ +808% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $87.18 | ↑ +1111% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Histamine at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $17.53 | $5.91 – $43.31 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $69.87 | $28.94 – $241.04 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $10.70 | $12.06 – $76.07 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $16.65 | $13.06 – $24.11 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $9.80 | $6.51 – $89.43 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $25.23 | $29.53 – $84.84 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $24.96 | $29.53 – $84.84 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $69.87 | $29.53 – $304.62 |