Laparo cholecystectomy/graph at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
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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.
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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.
$615.62 with United vs $42,958.00 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.
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 |
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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $615.62 | — |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $615.62 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $714.55 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $736.97 | — |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,008.58 | — |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,067.48 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,462.11 | — |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,232.01 | — |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,232.01 | — |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,308.97 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $7,229.91 | — |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $7,666.93 | — |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $7,666.93 | — |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,820.27 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $7,896.94 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $9,128.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,168.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,168.00 | — |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,168.00 | — |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $17,522.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $25,839.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $32,299.00 | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $42,958.00 | — |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | not published by hospital | — |
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Laparo cholecystectomy/graph at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | not published | $615.62 – $8,433.62 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $10,610.55 | $5,734.00 – $15,313.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,246.76 | $484.29 – $1,834.56 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $11,485.20 | $8,583.81 – $27,307.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $10,257.12 | $7,775.56 – $27,307.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $5,316.24 | $6,970.59 – $8,145.41 |
| Redwood Memorial Hospital | Fortuna | $6,645.81 | $13,544.00 – $51,997.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $11,357.19 | $6,682.00 – $15,575.00 |