Perc rf ablate renal tumor 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

$3,171.17

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.

$11,011.00

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.

$90.44 with BCBS - Anthem vs $21,269.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $90.44 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $339.66 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,504.00 ↓ -21%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $3,526.85 ↑ +11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,691.45 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,324.27 ↑ +36%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5,273.50 ↑ +66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $5,273.50 ↑ +66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7,229.91 ↑ +128%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +142%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,820.27 ↑ +147%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7,896.94 ↑ +149%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,910.25 ↑ +149%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,332.13 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,437.60 ↑ +166%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $8,437.60 ↑ +166%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,543.07 ↑ +169%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,754.01 ↑ +176%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9,128.00 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $10,441.53 ↑ +229%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,547.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,547.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,547.00 ↑ +233%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $11,191.00 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $11,191.00 ↑ +253%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $11,191.00 ↑ +253%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12,794.00 ↑ +303%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15,992.00 ↑ +404%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,522.00 ↑ +453%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21,269.00 ↑ +571%

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Perc rf ablate renal tumor at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,400.40 $90.44 – $10,547.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $4,373.87 $2,696.22 – $13,082.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6,601.05 $7,413.14 – $15,114.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,045.82 $4,164.21 – $15,114.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,458.53 $3,848.31 – $11,402.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,399.68 $62.83 – $11,259.87
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $5,217.03 $0.80 – $6,044.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $9,338.10 $4,812.00 – $15,575.00

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