Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant 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

$15.74

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.

$54.64

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.

$19.13 with Western Health Advantage vs $99.99 with Cigna — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $19.13 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $20.22 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $22.41 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $25.69 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $26.78 ↑ +70%
United Medicaid|> 21 $27.02 ↑ +72%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $27.02 ↑ +72%
United Medicaid|< 21 $27.02 ↑ +72%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $29.72 ↑ +89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $31.93 ↑ +103%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↑ +115%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $33.86 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $34.88 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $38.80 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $39.89 ↑ +153%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.63 ↑ +158%
United Commercial|HMO $40.63 ↑ +158%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.63 ↑ +158%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.63 ↑ +158%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $40.98 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $40.98 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $43.17 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $43.72 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $43.72 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.26 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.36 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $46.45 ↑ +195%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $50.80 ↑ +223%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $51.34 ↑ +226%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $54.64 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.64 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $54.64 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $54.64 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $54.64 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $54.64 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $54.64 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $74.99 ↑ +376%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $99.99 ↑ +535%

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Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $11.92 $19.13 – $74.99
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $29.42 $6.77 – $45.59
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.25 $12.75 – $87.25
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.14 $6.89 – $102.57
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $29.78 $27.02 – $54.64
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $14.98 $6.02 – $74.99
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $21.26 $6.02 – $74.99
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $14.98 $6.02 – $54.64

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