Mayo iodine 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

$38.60

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.

$134.00

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.

$5.72 with Western Health Advantage vs $71.19 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 $5.72 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.05 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.68 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.01 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11.61 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $11.93 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $12.26 ↓ -68%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.26 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.91 ↓ -67%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13.08 ↓ -66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.24 ↓ -66%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.57 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $13.89 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.41 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $16.34 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.34 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.34 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.34 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.34 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.34 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.84 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $53.39 ↑ +38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $71.19 ↑ +84%

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Mayo iodine at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $29.22 $5.72 – $53.39
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $4.22 – $63.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $4.82 – $26.96
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $64.20 $15.00 – $62.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.96 $8.45 – $15.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $58.80 $8.10 – $73.02
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $64.09 $7.80 – $69.28
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $63.40 $7.80 – $69.28

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