Metabolic panel ionized ca 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

$97.92

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.

$340.00

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.

$8.17 with Partnership Health Plan vs $340.00 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.

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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 $8.17 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $8.17 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $8.17 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $8.99 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $12.95 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $13.73 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $13.73 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $14.14 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $15.36 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $15.52 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.48 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|HMO $16.48 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.48 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.48 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -81%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $30.39 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.52 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $58.46 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $58.46 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $58.46 ↓ -40%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $119.00 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $125.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $139.40 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $159.80 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $166.60 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $241.40 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $248.20 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $255.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $255.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $268.60 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $272.00 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $272.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $275.40 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $282.20 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $289.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $340.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $340.00 ↑ +247%

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Metabolic panel ionized ca at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $74.12 $8.17 – $272.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $120.89 $12.36 – $215.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $164.22 $13.46 – $178.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $65.49 $8.17 – $49.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $59.98 $8.17 – $49.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $161.02 $8.17 – $336.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $159.28 $8.17 – $332.59
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $184.62 $13.73 – $225.23

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