Mayo cyanide 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

$24.48

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.

$85.00

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.

$17.24 with Partnership Health Plan vs $85.00 with Aetna — 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 $17.24 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $18.29 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $19.40 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $19.40 ↓ -21%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $19.98 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.28 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|HMO $23.28 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.28 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.28 ↓ -5%
United Medicaid|< 21 $24.73 ↑ +1%
United Medicaid|> 21 $24.73 ↑ +1%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $29.75 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $31.45 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $32.41 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $34.85 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $39.95 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $41.65 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $42.96 ↑ +75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.74 ↑ +103%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $56.88 ↑ +132%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $56.88 ↑ +132%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.29 ↑ +134%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $60.35 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $62.05 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.75 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $63.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $67.15 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $68.00 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $68.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $68.85 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.55 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $72.25 ↑ +195%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $85.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $85.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $85.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $85.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $85.00 ↑ +247%

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Mayo cyanide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $18.53 $17.24 – $68.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.23 $19.40 – $66.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $17.53 $3.88 – $28.45
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $36.38 $19.40 – $83.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $56.61 $19.40 – $83.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $33.32 $19.40 – $83.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $31.54 $19.40 – $68.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $31.20 $19.40 – $67.15

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