In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$104.89
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.
$364.20
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.
$33.38 with Western Health Advantage vs $410.82 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 | $33.38 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $39.11 | ↓ -63% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $71.53 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $71.53 | ↓ -32% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $75.35 | ↓ -28% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $76.30 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $76.30 | ↓ -27% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $77.25 | ↓ -26% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $79.16 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $87.58 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $87.58 | ↓ -17% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $87.58 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $89.94 | ↓ -14% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $97.28 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $98.24 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $225.18 | ↑ +115% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $308.10 | ↑ +194% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $410.82 | ↑ +292% |
Visitor-reported prices
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In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $79.40 | $33.38 – $308.10 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $50.81 | $29.70 – $369.14 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $154.03 | $34.27 – $144.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $307.53 | $78.97 – $287.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $118.20 | $60.00 – $358.46 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $93.49 | $36.32 – $137.57 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $108.26 | $32.40 – $421.40 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $155.82 | $55.00 – $399.79 |