Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,084.90
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.
$3,767.00
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.
$108.34 with United vs $9,228.00 with Health Net — 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $108.34 | ↓ -90% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $118.91 | ↓ -89% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $119.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $203.68 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $205.85 | ↓ -81% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.18 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.18 | ↓ -77% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $286.49 | ↓ -74% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $465.86 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $979.04 | ↓ -10% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,058.99 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,069.37 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,268.05 | ↑ +17% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,485.43 | ↑ +37% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,717.25 | ↑ +150% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,862.17 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $2,898.40 | ↑ +167% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,898.40 | ↑ +167% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,934.63 | ↑ +170% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,007.09 | ↑ +177% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,586.77 | ↑ +231% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,623.00 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,623.00 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,623.00 | ↑ +234% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $4,808.00 | ↑ +343% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,532.00 | ↑ +410% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +410% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,532.00 | ↑ +410% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $5,537.00 | ↑ +410% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,921.00 | ↑ +538% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $9,205.00 | ↑ +748% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,228.00 | ↑ +751% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $821.21 | $108.34 – $2,898.40 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $891.77 | $163.91 – $1,859.28 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $1,533.06 | $1,056.42 – $2,695.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,009.01 | $108.34 – $2,522.52 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $857.39 | $108.34 – $1,848.80 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $848.14 | $108.34 – $1,825.69 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,162.29 | $1,113.06 – $6,200.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $5,836.95 | $1,008.25 – $8,018.00 |