Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$190.37

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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.

$661.00

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.

$108.67 with United vs $6,019.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

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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
United Medicaid|> 21 $108.67 ↓ -43%
United Medicaid|< 21 $108.67 ↓ -43%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $119.54 ↓ -37%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $142.43 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $192.45 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $206.47 ↑ +8%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $224.91 ↑ +18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $231.35 ↑ +22%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $249.94 ↑ +31%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $249.94 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $271.01 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $467.28 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $495.09 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $495.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $522.19 ↑ +174%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $525.02 ↑ +176%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $525.02 ↑ +176%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $528.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $535.41 ↑ +181%
United Medicare|All Plans $535.53 ↑ +181%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $540.77 ↑ +184%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $548.63 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $654.39 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $661.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $661.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $661.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↑ +1391%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,135.00 ↑ +1547%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +1763%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +2378%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +2806%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +2806%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +2806%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $6,019.00 ↑ +3062%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $144.10 $108.67 – $577.52
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $216.63 $140.94 – $936.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $851.19 $547.82 – $1,921.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $323.57 $108.67 – $740.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $333.00 $108.67 – $466.48
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $305.37 $108.67 – $763.42
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $463.38 $108.67 – $999.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $458.39 $108.67 – $986.71

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