Mopath procedure level 3 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

$107.21

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.

$372.25

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.

$130.29 with Western Health Advantage vs $443.90 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 $130.29 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $141.76 ↑ +32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
United Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
United Medicaid|< 21 $150.33 ↑ +40%
United Medicaid|> 21 $150.33 ↑ +40%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $150.33 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $150.33 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $152.63 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $154.84 ↑ +44%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $165.36 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $180.40 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Options PPO $180.40 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $180.40 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|HMO $180.40 ↑ +68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $279.19 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $279.19 ↑ +160%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $282.62 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $285.63 ↑ +166%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $294.08 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $297.80 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $297.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $301.53 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $308.97 ↑ +188%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $332.90 ↑ +211%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $345.76 ↑ +223%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $345.76 ↑ +223%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $354.66 ↑ +231%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $354.66 ↑ +231%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $354.66 ↑ +231%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $372.25 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $372.25 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $443.90 ↑ +314%

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Mopath procedure level 3 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $81.16 $130.29 – $348.77
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $278.26 $30.07 – $481.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $108.72 $123.88 – $387.32
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $99.57 $66.90 – $455.33
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $70.02 $10.40 – $20.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $202.88 $150.33 – $364.81
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $102.00 $40.95 – $344.26
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $45.63 $15.20 – $20.00

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