Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$147.46

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.

$512.00

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.

$15.01 with Hill Physicians vs $408.00 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 Medicare|All Plans $15.01 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $15.22 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $21.52 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|> 21 $21.52 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $26.15 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.25 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.63 ↓ -76%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $54.67 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $54.67 ↓ -63%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $80.63 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -40%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $93.52 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $93.52 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $95.40 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $96.33 ↓ -35%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $142.80 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $163.35 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $163.35 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $163.35 ↑ +11%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $167.28 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $199.92 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $252.96 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $265.20 ↑ +80%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $269.28 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $306.00 ↑ +108%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $322.32 ↑ +119%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $326.40 ↑ +121%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $330.48 ↑ +124%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $338.64 ↑ +130%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $346.80 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $359.04 ↑ +143%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $367.20 ↑ +149%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $367.20 ↑ +149%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $371.28 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $408.00 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $408.00 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|HMO $408.00 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $408.00 ↑ +177%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $408.00 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|Options PPO $408.00 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $408.00 ↑ +177%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $111.62 $15.01 – $326.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $121.77 $26.47 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $83.08 $14.23 – $125.13
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $87.72 $97.03 – $99.01
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $153.23 $21.52 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $132.54 $13.20 – $49.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $140.34 $21.52 – $314.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $243.38 $21.52 – $437.06

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