Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day 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

$1,270.95

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.

$4,413.00

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.

$36.79 with Hill Physicians vs $17,563.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $36.79 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $66.92 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $72.68 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $79.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $95.26 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $111.19 ↓ -91%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $167.16 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $167.16 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.04 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -79%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $267.27 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $272.62 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $275.29 ↓ -78%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $312.52 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $965.55 ↓ -24%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,055.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,206.94 ↓ -5%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,544.55 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,604.96 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,809.33 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $2,162.37 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2,736.06 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2,868.45 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,309.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,486.27 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,530.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,574.53 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,662.79 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $3,971.70 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3,971.70 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $4,015.83 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,413.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +965%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +1282%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +1282%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $962.04 $36.79 – $3,530.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,508.78 $51.47 – $4,014.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $488.88 $40.68 – $977.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $3,532.77 $295.10 – $415.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $4,133.63 $54.94 – $3,407.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,244.09 $72.68 – $3,198.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,217.93 $54.94 – $2,839.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $4,340.33 $72.68 – $5,353.92

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