Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$1,673.28

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.

$5,810.00

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.

$134.22 with Hill Physicians vs $4,822.30 with MultiPlan — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $134.22 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $191.90 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $223.18 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $223.18 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $245.50 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $292.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $449.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $449.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $449.91 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $482.22 ↓ -71%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $513.31 ↓ -69%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $513.31 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $667.02 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -58%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $707.34 ↓ -58%
United Medicare|All Plans $721.49 ↓ -57%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $728.56 ↓ -56%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $959.67 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,977.25 ↑ +18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,033.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,382.10 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,425.04 ↑ +45%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,636.53 ↑ +58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,031.30 ↑ +81%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,030.96 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $4,357.50 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,357.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,589.90 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,648.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,706.10 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,822.30 ↑ +188%

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,266.58 $134.22 – $4,648.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,047.22 $337.65 – $3,645.72
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $623.36 $107.65 – $901.13
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,998.00 $223.18 – $1,384.74
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $584.70 $223.18 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $578.40 $223.18 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $3,581.22 $755.17 – $1,319.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,904.34 $698.35 – $1,496.81

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