Mayo serotonin 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

$9.72

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.

$33.73

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.

$10.08 with Western Health Advantage vs $91.50 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 $10.08 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10.66 ↑ +10%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $11.81 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13.54 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.12 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20.45 ↑ +110%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21.03 ↑ +116%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +122%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $21.60 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $22.76 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $23.04 ↑ +137%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $23.04 ↑ +137%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $23.33 ↑ +140%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $23.91 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24.48 ↑ +152%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $27.16 ↑ +179%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $27.54 ↑ +183%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $28.80 ↑ +196%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $28.80 ↑ +196%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $28.80 ↑ +196%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $28.80 ↑ +196%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|HMO $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Options PPO $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Medicaid|< 21 $28.80 ↑ +196%
United Medicaid|> 21 $28.80 ↑ +196%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +196%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $29.67 ↑ +205%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $68.62 ↑ +606%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $91.50 ↑ +841%

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Mayo serotonin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $7.36 $10.08 – $68.62
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $13.58 $8.37 – $82.21
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $6.20 – $45.44
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $79.25 $30.36 – $252.86
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $13.27 $14.40 – $79.83
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $20.65 $15.59 – $28.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $12.16 $7.78 – $93.85
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.51 $15.50 – $89.04

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