Intro catheter aorta 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

$1,602.15

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$5,563.00

Gross charge

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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.

$130.23 with Hill Physicians vs $13,998.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $130.23 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $279.97 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $296.32 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $405.86 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $619.57 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $619.57 ↓ -61%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $679.80 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $918.53 ↓ -43%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,927.80 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,258.28 ↑ +41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,131.00 ↑ +158%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,351.32 ↑ +172%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $4,406.40 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,406.40 ↑ +175%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,461.48 ↑ +178%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,571.64 ↑ +185%
United Commercial|HMO $5,452.92 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,508.00 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,508.00 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,508.00 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,809.00 ↑ +387%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,809.00 ↑ +387%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,809.00 ↑ +387%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $8,420.00 ↑ +426%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,525.00 ↑ +557%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $13,998.00 ↑ +774%

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Intro catheter aorta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,212.74 $130.23 – $4,406.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $404.72 $210.19 – $720.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $582.94 $170.89 – $1,320.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $538.61 $170.89 – $1,334.76
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $988.35 $170.89 – $1,422.22
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $977.69 $170.89 – $1,582.02
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,024.08 $1,164.14 – $7,745.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $435.54 $2,699.00 – $26,648.00

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