Knee joint drop lock ea jnt 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

$126.72

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.

$440.00

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.

$54.25 with United vs $418.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $54.25 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|< 21 $54.25 ↓ -57%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $59.68 ↓ -53%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.10 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $101.20 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $103.08 ↓ -19%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $110.00 ↓ -13%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $123.20 ↓ -3%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $123.20 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $167.20 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $176.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $224.40 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.20 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $250.80 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $250.80 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $264.00 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $268.40 ↑ +112%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $286.00 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $316.80 ↑ +150%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $321.20 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $330.00 ↑ +160%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $334.40 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $334.40 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $334.40 ↑ +164%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $352.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $356.40 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $365.20 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $396.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $396.00 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $396.00 ↑ +213%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $396.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $396.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $400.40 ↑ +216%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $418.00 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $418.00 ↑ +230%

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Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $95.92 $54.25 – $391.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $200.17 $48.72 – $158.34
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.93 $43.75 – $157.50
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $64.23 $43.75 – $169.75
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $46.46 $41.08 – $158.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $336.10 $35.28 – $144.06
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54.08 $24.15 – $100.80
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $247.25 $48.83 – $575.00

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