Mayo thyroglobulin 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

$17.28

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.

$60.00

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.

$14.28 with Partnership Health Plan vs $60.00 with Aetna — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.28 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.14 ↓ -12%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $16.06 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.54 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.27 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|HMO $19.27 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.27 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.27 ↑ +12%
United Medicaid|< 21 $20.48 ↑ +19%
United Medicaid|> 21 $20.48 ↑ +19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $21.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $22.20 ↑ +28%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $22.53 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $24.60 ↑ +42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $26.85 ↑ +55%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $28.20 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $29.40 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $35.57 ↑ +106%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $40.15 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $42.60 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $43.80 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $45.00 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +160%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $47.10 ↑ +173%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $47.10 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $47.40 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $47.43 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $48.00 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $48.60 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.80 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $51.00 ↑ +195%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $60.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $60.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $60.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $60.00 ↑ +247%

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Mayo thyroglobulin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $13.08 $14.28 – $48.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $26.28 $4.49 – $42.62
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $20.03 $2.87 – $23.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16.96 $15.74 – $133.71
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $25.68 $8.31 – $41.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $39.96 $9.00 – $16.61
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $23.52 $4.49 – $48.65
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $22.26 $8.31 – $46.16

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