Mayo factor x 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

$7.11

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.

$24.68

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.

$8.64 with Western Health Advantage vs $52.88 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 $8.64 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $9.14 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $10.12 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $11.60 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $12.10 ↑ +70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $15.91 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $16.88 ↑ +137%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $17.53 ↑ +147%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $17.90 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $17.90 ↑ +152%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $18.02 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $18.44 ↑ +159%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.51 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $18.51 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $19.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $19.75 ↑ +178%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $19.75 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $20.00 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $20.49 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $20.98 ↑ +195%
United Commercial|Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +202%
United Commercial|HMO $21.48 ↑ +202%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $21.48 ↑ +202%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $21.48 ↑ +202%
United Medicaid|< 21 $22.82 ↑ +221%
United Medicaid|> 21 $22.82 ↑ +221%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.68 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.68 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.68 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $39.66 ↑ +458%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.88 ↑ +644%

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Mayo factor x at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $10.81 $6.67 – $47.51
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $41.12 $3.58 – $66.93
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $93.87 $17.54 – $146.19
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.58 $12.34 – $46.14
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.44 $13.36 – $24.19
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $71.97 $6.67 – $54.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10.39 $12.34 – $51.46
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10.28 $12.34 – $51.46

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