Mayo myoglobin 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

$186.63

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.

$648.00

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.

$4.13 with Western Health Advantage vs $38.16 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 $4.13 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.37 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4.84 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5.55 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.79 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8.38 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8.62 ↓ -95%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $8.85 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.33 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9.44 ↓ -95%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9.56 ↓ -95%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9.80 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.03 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.13 ↓ -94%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.48 ↓ -94%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $11.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $11.80 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11.80 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|HMO $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $11.80 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|> 21 $11.80 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $11.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $28.62 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $38.16 ↓ -80%

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Mayo myoglobin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $141.27 $4.13 – $28.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4.77 $0.90 – $34.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $5.63 $2.58 – $18.94
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $62.35 $12.66 – $105.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $5.29 $5.45 – $33.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8.23 $5.90 – $10.89
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $4.85 $2.95 – $39.14
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $95.35 $5.45 – $37.14

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