Prep bk ptb thermopls molded at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$3,908.16
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.
$13,570.00
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.
$1,585.33 with United vs $12,891.50 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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $1,585.33 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $1,585.33 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,743.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,077.81 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,012.13 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,121.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,121.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,121.10 | ↓ -20% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,392.50 | ↓ -13% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,646.26 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,646.26 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,156.60 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $5,428.00 | ↑ +39% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,920.70 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,192.10 | ↑ +84% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,734.90 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $7,734.90 | ↑ +98% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $8,142.00 | ↑ +108% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,277.70 | ↑ +112% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $8,820.50 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $9,770.40 | ↑ +150% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $9,906.10 | ↑ +153% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,177.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $10,313.20 | ↑ +164% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $10,313.20 | ↑ +164% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $10,313.20 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,856.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $10,991.70 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,263.10 | ↑ +188% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $12,213.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,213.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,213.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,213.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $12,213.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $12,348.70 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,891.50 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,891.50 | ↑ +230% |
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Prep bk ptb thermopls molded at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $2,958.26 | $1,585.33 – $12,077.30 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $10,345.85 | $2,156.05 – $13,032.04 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $3,718.18 | $1,492.70 – $11,534.50 |
| Mercy Medical Center Redding | Redding | $5,538.98 | $2,403.50 – $10,925.00 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $5,278.73 | $1,492.70 – $13,027.20 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $3,718.18 | $1,492.70 – $13,570.00 |
| St. Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | $6,380.20 | $2,267.02 – $10,706.50 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $2,819.42 – $5,215.93 |