Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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

$19.30

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.

$67.00

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.

$6.75 with Partnership Health Plan vs $67.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7.72 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $8.19 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.19 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $8.44 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|< 21 $9.68 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|> 21 $9.68 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.83 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $9.83 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9.83 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9.83 ↓ -49%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $10.65 ↓ -45%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.69 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $18.13 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $20.29 ↑ +5%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $22.26 ↑ +15%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $22.26 ↑ +15%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $23.45 ↑ +22%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.17 ↑ +25%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $24.79 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $27.47 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $31.49 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $32.83 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $47.57 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $48.91 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $50.25 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $50.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $52.93 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $53.60 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $53.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $54.27 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $55.61 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $56.51 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $56.51 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $56.51 ↑ +193%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $56.95 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $67.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $67.00 ↑ +247%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $14.61 $6.75 – $53.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $70.08 $8.19 – $25.56
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $6.89 $1.64 – $11.14
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $143.31 $8.03 – $66.77
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $218.28 $8.19 – $29.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $8.19 – $69.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $199.92 $8.10 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $42.30 $8.19 – $88.80

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