Interrog dev eval scrms ip 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

$125.86

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.

$437.00

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.

$30.35 with BCBS - Anthem 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $30.35 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -74%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $32.18 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.83 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $33.15 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $34.21 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|< 21 $36.33 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $36.33 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $39.96 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $52.19 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $68.30 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $69.03 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $83.56 ↓ -34%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $83.56 ↓ -34%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $152.95 ↑ +22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $156.22 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $179.17 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $259.92 ↑ +107%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $324.90 ↑ +158%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $327.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $345.23 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $349.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $353.97 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $362.71 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $432.05 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $437.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,135.00 ↑ +2391%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,019.00 ↑ +4682%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +10651%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +13854%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +13854%

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Interrog dev eval scrms ip at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $95.27 $30.35 – $349.60
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $89.55 $33.65 – $169.15
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $155.23 $31.12 – $361.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $41.45 $31.12 – $8,268.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $18.91 $14.50 – $50.86
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $119.74 $30.35 – $362.71
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $35.30 $30.74 – $6,210.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $170.00 $30.35 – $358.34

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