Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$361.73
Cash price 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.
$1,256.00
Gross charge 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.
$97.21 with Hill Physicians vs $1,256.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $97.21 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $131.77 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.29 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.29 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $142.54 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $143.93 | ↓ -60% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $148.82 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $152.04 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $177.32 | ↓ -51% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $257.05 | ↓ -29% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $311.17 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $311.17 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $357.52 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $357.52 | ↓ -1% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $357.52 | ↓ -1% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $439.60 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $439.91 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $514.96 | ↑ +42% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $581.76 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $586.59 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $942.00 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $942.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $992.24 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,004.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,004.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,017.36 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.48 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,256.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,256.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $273.81 | $97.21 – $1,004.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $964.92 | $135.12 – $1,718.34 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $961.62 | $21.27 – $1,188.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,685.48 | $140.89 – $478.79 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $648.00 | $135.12 – $1,233.82 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $1,902.10 | $135.29 – $727.16 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $517.05 | $105.30 – $601.70 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $599.17 | $135.12 – $1,292.00 |