Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$88,784.64
Cash price 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.
$308,280.00
Gross charge 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.
$51,975.00 with Western Health Advantage vs $308,280.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $51,975.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $71,342.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $78,986.40 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $79,081.20 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $120,116.70 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $120,116.70 | ↑ +35% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $120,116.70 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $126,394.80 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $148,494.43 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $156,164.01 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $168,635.96 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $168,635.96 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $168,635.96 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $208,263.44 | ↑ +135% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $231,210.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $231,210.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $243,541.20 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $246,624.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $249,706.80 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $255,872.40 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $289,783.20 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $308,280.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Membrane collgn porcine maci w/autologous cult chondrocytes at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $67,205.04 | $51,975.00 – $246,624.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $74,569.15 | $38,582.94 – $160,796.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $73,765.17 | $50,248.75 – $200,995.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $35,455.52 | $31,355.22 – $221,691.13 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $39,334.16 | $19,094.25 – $76,377.00 |
| Dominican Hospital | Santa Cruz | $131,891.85 | $79,081.20 – $293,093.00 |
| Sequoia Hospital | Redwood City | $85,304.50 | $51,557.66 – $234,353.00 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $84,468.72 | $33,910.80 – $255,872.40 |