Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$8.18

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.

$28.38

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.

$6.41 with Western Health Advantage vs $49.61 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 $6.41 ↓ -22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.78 ↓ -17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7.51 ↓ -8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $8.61 ↑ +5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.97 ↑ +10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $13.00 ↑ +59%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $13.36 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $13.73 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.73 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14.46 ↑ +77%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $14.64 ↑ +79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14.64 ↑ +79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14.83 ↑ +81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.94 ↑ +83%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $15.19 ↑ +86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $15.56 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.84 ↑ +94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $16.80 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.80 ↑ +105%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $17.30 ↑ +111%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $18.30 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Medicaid|> 21 $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Medicaid|< 21 $18.30 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Options PPO $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|HMO $18.30 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.30 ↑ +124%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $18.30 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.30 ↑ +124%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $37.20 ↑ +355%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $49.61 ↑ +506%

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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $6.19 $6.41 – $37.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $12.44 $6.75 – $44.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.28 $3.36 – $25.22
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $71.71 $16.46 – $137.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $12.15 $14.19 – $43.29
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $16.64 $13.52 – $24.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $11.13 $7.67 – $50.89
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $12.99 $12.49 – $48.28

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