Intracran angioplsty w/stent 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

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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.

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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.

$1,446.10 with Hill Physicians vs $24,775.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 Commercial|All Plans $1,446.10
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,464.20
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10,220.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,814.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,775.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,710.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13,737.00
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,991.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,816.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21,459.00
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,775.00
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|All Other Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|HMO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Options PPO not published by hospital
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO not published by hospital
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans not published by hospital
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Intracran angioplsty w/stent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento not published $1,446.10 – $1,446.10
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16,750.00 $10,325.34 – $31,740.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $15,073.06 $20,535.50 – $40,660.29
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $11,596.83 $8,283.45 – $33,133.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $7,157.76 $4,666.00 – $13,634.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $21,128.15 $6,517.68 – $26,613.86
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $20,592.79 $23,991.60 – $39,586.14
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $20,311.55 $1,807.00 – $7,764.00

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