Injection for hip x-ray at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$169.64
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.
$589.00
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.
$81.08 with Hill Physicians vs $5,532.00 with Aetna — 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 | Commercial|All Plans | $81.08 | ↓ -52% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $197.75 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $231.65 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $237.11 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $237.11 | ↑ +40% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $352.85 | ↑ +108% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $388.46 | ↑ +129% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $411.14 | ↑ +142% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $423.75 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $446.35 | ↑ +163% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $452.00 | ↑ +166% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $452.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $457.65 | ↑ +170% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $468.95 | ↑ +176% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $559.35 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $563.14 | ↑ +232% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $565.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +1573% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +1991% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +2681% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +3161% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +3161% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +3161% |
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Injection for hip x-ray at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $128.41 | $81.08 – $565.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $656.13 | $237.11 – $1,439.62 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,965.37 | $237.11 – $1,266.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $492.36 | $237.11 – $1,181.88 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $195.15 | $237.11 – $526.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $193.05 | $237.11 – $526.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $387.50 | $134.40 – $640.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $268.32 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |