Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$201.03
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.
$698.00
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.
$18.23 with Hill Physicians vs $577.68 with MultiPlan — 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 |
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| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $18.23 | ↓ -91% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $19.85 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $30.82 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $30.82 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $30.82 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $31.30 | ↓ -84% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $31.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $33.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $34.10 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $39.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $39.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $39.97 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $43.54 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $44.25 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $58.07 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $64.11 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $151.80 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $189.76 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $252.51 | ↑ +26% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.36 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +73% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $522.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $549.84 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $556.80 | ↑ +177% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $563.76 | ↑ +180% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $577.68 | ↑ +187% |
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Inj sulf hexa lipid microsph at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $350.20 | $25.05 – $638.26 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $496.86 | $18.24 – $1,119.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $398.00 | $30.82 – $767.34 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $585.76 | $33.30 – $980.98 |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance | Torrance | $121.87 | $28.99 – $126.51 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $37.45 – $40.25 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $37.45 – $41.73 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $37.18 – $49.78 |