Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$7,148.45

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.

$24,821.00

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.

$229.37 with Hill Physicians vs $24,334.00 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 Commercial|All Plans $229.37 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,112.06 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,112.06 ↓ -84%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,223.27 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,448.48 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,090.67 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,112.91 ↓ -70%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,557.74 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,557.74 ↓ -64%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,781.86 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7,065.30 ↓ -1%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,492.37 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,642.22 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7,717.14 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8,516.90 ↑ +19%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9,128.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9,976.94 ↑ +40%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10,220.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,775.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16,991.00 ↑ +138%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,522.00 ↑ +145%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +148%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18,250.50 ↑ +155%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19,223.86 ↑ +169%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $19,467.20 ↑ +172%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $19,467.20 ↑ +172%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $19,710.54 ↑ +176%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20,197.22 ↑ +183%
United Commercial|HMO $24,090.66 ↑ +237%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24,334.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Options PPO $24,334.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24,334.00 ↑ +240%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $5,410.98 $229.37 – $19,467.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,082.99 $1,682.43 – $13,090.66
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $14,586.24 $1,112.06 – $31,992.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $13,077.91 $1,112.06 – $32,694.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11,153.01 $1,112.06 – $19,361.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $9,349.70 $1,112.06 – $19,119.58
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $9,262.62 $8,081.23 – $27,307.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,594.19 $7,320.30 – $27,307.00

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