Lumbar diskogram s&i at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,725.99
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.
$5,993.00
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.
$79.83 with Hill Physicians vs $9,460.48 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $79.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $121.61 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $125.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $138.03 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $164.46 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $288.60 | ↓ -83% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $288.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $328.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $328.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $328.41 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $446.31 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $539.57 | ↓ -69% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,097.55 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,419.87 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,457.13 | ↑ +42% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,566.14 | ↑ +49% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,617.47 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,643.12 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,947.38 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,947.38 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,947.38 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,947.38 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,234.15 | ↑ +145% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,494.75 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,494.75 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,734.47 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,794.40 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,854.33 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,974.19 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,292.69 | ↑ +207% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,993.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $7,094.84 | ↑ +311% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,460.48 | ↑ +448% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,306.48 | $79.83 – $7,094.84 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,985.90 | $189.84 – $8,500.48 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,076.47 | $125.48 – $8,254.75 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,670.00 | $125.48 – $2,158.94 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,817.70 | $125.48 – $9,704.12 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,644.12 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,615.61 | $125.48 – $9,206.42 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,992.74 | $125.48 – $3,357.00 |