Penile vascular study 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

$566.79

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.

$1,968.00

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.

$64.87 with Hill Physicians vs $17,563.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $64.87 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $129.64 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $139.74 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.54 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|> 21 $190.05 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $190.05 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $311.37 ↓ -45%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $331.43 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $439.91 ↓ -22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $451.38 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.59 ↑ +3%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $688.80 ↑ +22%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $692.99 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $692.99 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $806.88 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,021.53 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,476.00 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,476.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,554.72 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,574.40 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,574.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,594.08 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,633.44 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,968.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,968.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,968.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $12,855.00 ↑ +2168%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +2999%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +2999%

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Penile vascular study at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $429.03 $64.87 – $1,574.40
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $472.68 $21.27 – $756.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $341.32 $135.12 – $736.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $337.64 $135.12 – $726.80
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $267.84 $95.76 – $456.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $166.26 $145.47 – $934.76
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $225.60 $114.29 – $248.76
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $473.80 $135.12 – $920.00

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