Mopath procedure level 6 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

$178.71

Cash price

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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.

$620.50

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.

$154.70 with Western Health Advantage vs $889.88 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 $154.70 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $181.22 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $284.17 ↑ +59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
United Medicaid|< 21 $301.35 ↑ +69%
United Medicaid|> 21 $301.35 ↑ +69%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $301.35 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $301.35 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $310.39 ↑ +74%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $331.49 ↑ +85%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $331.50 ↑ +85%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $331.50 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $349.18 ↑ +95%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $353.60 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $353.60 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $358.02 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $361.62 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $361.62 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|HMO $361.62 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Options PPO $361.62 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $366.86 ↑ +105%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $442.00 ↑ +147%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $442.00 ↑ +147%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $442.00 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +147%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $667.36 ↑ +273%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $889.88 ↑ +398%

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Mopath procedure level 6 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $135.27 $154.70 – $667.36
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $277.40 $171.00 – $799.58
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $342.77 $60.27 – $497.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $742.76 $72.77 – $776.47
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $421.81 $202.99 – $367.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $680.28 $39.30 – $912.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $287.99 $153.63 – $865.99
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $284.89 $153.63 – $865.99

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