Pm device progr eval dual 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

$174.24

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.

$605.00

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.

$46.17 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 $46.17 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $46.21 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $49.00 ↓ -72%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $49.00 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $49.98 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $50.47 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $57.91 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|< 21 $57.91 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $63.70 ↓ -63%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $84.22 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $108.87 ↓ -38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $110.03 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $133.19 ↓ -24%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $133.19 ↓ -24%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $211.75 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $248.05 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $249.01 ↑ +43%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $351.03 ↑ +101%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $438.78 ↑ +152%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $453.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $477.95 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $484.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $490.05 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $502.15 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $583.49 ↑ +235%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $605.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,135.00 ↑ +1699%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,019.00 ↑ +3354%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +7666%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +9980%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +9980%

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Pm device progr eval dual at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $131.89 $46.17 – $484.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $37.67 $23.22 – $87.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $38.91 $47.38 – $106.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $31.17 $22.26 – $106.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $223.89 $51.93 – $162.55
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $89.28 $40.80 – $88.80
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $54.59 $47.38 – $106.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $175.22 $47.38 – $4,018.00

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