Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$202.76

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.

$704.00

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.

$19.25 with Western Health Advantage vs $239.14 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 $19.25 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $22.55 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $41.25 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $41.25 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $43.45 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $44.00 ↓ -78%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $44.00 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $44.55 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $45.65 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $51.87 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|< 21 $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|> 21 $55.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $55.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $55.00 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $55.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $55.00 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $55.00 ↓ -73%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $56.10 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $56.65 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $179.34 ↓ -12%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $239.14 ↑ +18%

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $153.48 $19.25 – $179.34
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $109.86 $29.70 – $220.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $136.73 $12.30 – $93.62
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $394.23 $229.59 – $304.13
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $194.56 $27.50 – $208.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $101.24 $21.64 – $81.95
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $178.19 $14.85 – $245.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $122.81 $25.00 – $232.72

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