IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$144.58
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.
$502.00
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.
$21.53 with Hill Physicians vs $1,489.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $21.53 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $22.11 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $23.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $26.88 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.23 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.61 | ↓ -75% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.21 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $56.21 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $57.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $60.63 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $61.85 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $62.45 | ↓ -57% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $82.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $153.39 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.39 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $153.39 | ↑ +6% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $175.70 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.82 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $245.98 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $311.24 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $326.30 | ↑ +126% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $331.32 | ↑ +129% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $376.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $396.58 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $401.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $406.62 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $416.66 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $426.70 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $441.76 | ↑ +206% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $451.80 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $451.80 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $456.82 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $502.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,489.00 | ↑ +930% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $109.44 | $21.53 – $401.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $240.90 | $27.20 – $1,951.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $68.24 | $9.23 – $98.94 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $642.60 | $63.10 – $64.39 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $93.74 | $22.11 – $995.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $542.79 | $22.11 – $611.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $85.85 | $22.11 – $199.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $178.83 | $22.11 – $448.00 |