Insert cath pleura without image at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$2,278.95
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.
$7,913.00
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.
$105.95 with United vs $11,428.00 with Health Net — 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $105.95 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $105.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $120.79 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $173.58 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $175.43 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.81 | ↓ -88% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $267.81 | ↓ -88% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $397.02 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $823.64 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,350.74 | ↑ +3% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,492.83 | ↑ +9% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,520.35 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,542.69 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,567.61 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,952.41 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +107% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,400.75 | ↑ +137% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $5,688.79 | ↑ +150% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,760.80 | ↑ +153% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,832.81 | ↑ +156% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,952.00 | ↑ +161% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,976.83 | ↑ +162% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $7,128.99 | ↑ +213% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,201.00 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $7,201.00 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,201.00 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,809.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,428.00 | ↑ +401% |
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Insert cath pleura without image at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,725.04 | $105.95 – $5,760.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,868.90 | $130.32 – $4,585.00 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $2,397.51 | $1,921.00 – $4,657.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $983.55 | $105.95 – $2,156.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $872.99 | $105.95 – $2,083.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,048.67 | $105.95 – $1,841.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,026.58 | $105.95 – $3,969.75 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $4,072.35 | $2,724.58 – $9,858.00 |