Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$62.21

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$216.00

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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.

$4.87 with Partnership Health Plan vs $65.59 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

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 $4.87 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.99 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.99 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $7.69 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.16 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.15 ↓ -76%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $16.07 ↓ -74%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -74%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.08 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.08 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.55 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.28 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|HMO $19.28 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.28 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.28 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $21.91 ↓ -65%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $22.96 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $24.27 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $26.90 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $30.83 ↓ -50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $32.14 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $35.60 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $46.57 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.47 ↓ -24%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $47.89 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $49.20 ↓ -21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $49.20 ↓ -21%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $51.82 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $52.48 ↓ -16%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $52.48 ↓ -16%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $53.13 ↓ -15%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $54.44 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $55.76 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $64.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $64.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $64.13 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $65.59 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $65.59 ↑ +5%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $47.09 $4.87 – $52.48
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $63.08 $4.46 – $42.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $13.95 $3.21 – $24.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $284.58 $15.75 – $73.37
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.53 $6.99 – $41.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $31.36 $6.99 – $16.17
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6.73 $4.46 – $48.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $26.72 $6.84 – $46.20

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