Perq plmt bile duct stent 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

$3,481.06

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.

$12,087.00

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.

$228.50 with Hill Physicians vs $17,522.00 with Health Net — 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 $228.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +2%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,067.35 ↑ +17%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4,189.49 ↑ +20%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4,189.49 ↑ +20%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $4,608.44 ↑ +32%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +36%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $4,730.63 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,764.61 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7,229.91 ↑ +108%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +120%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,820.27 ↑ +125%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $7,876.24 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7,896.94 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7,960.03 ↑ +129%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,715.75 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,848.00 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,848.00 ↑ +154%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,848.00 ↑ +154%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $9,128.00 ↑ +162%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,180.59 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $9,296.80 ↑ +167%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,296.80 ↑ +167%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,413.01 ↑ +170%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $9,635.83 ↑ +177%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $9,635.83 ↑ +177%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,645.43 ↑ +177%
United Commercial|HMO $11,504.79 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,621.00 ↑ +234%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11,621.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,621.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,621.00 ↑ +234%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $17,522.00 ↑ +403%

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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,634.97 $228.50 – $11,621.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,759.70 $3,550.50 – $13,082.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,329.31 $4,189.49 – $19,071.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,628.72 $4,189.49 – $19,071.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $6,243.19 $4,189.49 – $13,462.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $6,175.88 $4,189.49 – $13,294.12
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,516.43 $3,226.02 – $12,904.08
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $7,111.44 $3,423.00 – $15,575.00

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