Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 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

$223.49

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.

$776.00

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.

$11.85 with Partnership Health Plan vs $659.60 with Blue Shield CA — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $11.85 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $17.00 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $17.00 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $18.70 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $22.28 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $24.58 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $26.07 ↓ -88%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $26.07 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $26.85 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $31.28 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $31.28 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Options PPO $31.28 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $31.28 ↓ -86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -83%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $49.61 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $57.75 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $133.53 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $133.53 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $133.53 ↓ -40%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $271.60 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $287.12 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $318.16 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $364.72 ↑ +63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $366.72 ↑ +64%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $380.24 ↑ +70%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $458.40 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $550.96 ↑ +147%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $566.48 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $582.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $582.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $609.58 ↑ +173%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $613.04 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $620.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $628.56 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $644.08 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $659.60 ↑ +195%

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Poct blood gases ph pco2 po2 arterial calculated o2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $169.17 $11.85 – $620.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $413.04 $25.72 – $735.54
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $49.45 $5.21 – $76.63
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $667.59 $25.55 – $157.95
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $219.14 $17.00 – $96.04
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $676.66 $17.00 – $727.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.40 $17.00 – $96.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $212.22 $16.65 – $366.40

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