Npsy indiv hlth intrv ea addl 15 min 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

$65.96

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.

$229.00

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.

$20.11 with United vs $226.00 with United — 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $20.11 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|< 21 $20.11 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $21.19 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $22.12 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $23.76 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.81 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $38.21 ↓ -42%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $46.25 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $46.25 ↓ -30%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $79.10 ↑ +20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $86.47 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $92.66 ↑ +40%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $169.50 ↑ +157%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $178.54 ↑ +171%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $180.80 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $183.06 ↑ +178%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $187.58 ↑ +184%
United Commercial|HMO $223.74 ↑ +239%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $226.00 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $226.00 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|Options PPO $226.00 ↑ +243%

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Npsy indiv hlth intrv ea addl 15 min at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $49.93 $20.11 – $180.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $38.52 $20.11 – $110.04
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $117.82 $18.10 – $274.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $62.75 $20.11 – $187.58
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $89.09 $20.11 – $185.32
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $62.75 $20.11 – $226.00

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