Nuclear rx intra-arterial 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

$685.73

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.

$2,381.00

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.

$200.51 with United vs $2,322.07 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $200.51 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|< 21 $200.51 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $220.56 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $277.74 ↓ -59%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $294.53 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $294.53 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $300.43 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $303.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $358.90 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $358.90 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $358.90 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $376.96 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $380.95 ↓ -44%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $461.17 ↓ -33%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $461.17 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Options PPO $561.65 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $561.65 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|HMO $561.65 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $561.65 ↓ -18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $833.35 ↑ +22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $862.19 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $976.21 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,022.37 ↑ +49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,363.26 ↑ +99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,396.96 ↑ +104%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,746.21 ↑ +155%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,785.75 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,785.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,880.99 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,904.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,928.61 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,976.23 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2,322.07 ↑ +239%

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Nuclear rx intra-arterial at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $519.06 $200.51 – $1,904.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,097.63 $284.78 – $1,446.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,153.89 $200.50 – $2,517.62
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,015.28 $200.50 – $1,398.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $380.65 $200.51 – $1,326.65
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,013.88 $331.30 – $760.36
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,151.07 $300.11 – $862.25
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $292.53 $104.58 – $498.00

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