Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory 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

$168.48

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.

$585.00

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.

$193.88 with BCBS - Anthem vs $585.00 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $193.88 ↑ +15%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $204.75 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $205.60 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $209.72 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $211.77 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $239.85 ↑ +42%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $292.50 ↑ +74%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $292.50 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $438.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $462.15 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $468.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $473.85 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $485.55 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $579.15 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $585.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $585.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $585.00 ↑ +247%

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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $127.53 $193.88 – $585.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $227.33 $140.13 – $404.82
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $349.25 $198.80 – $649.74
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $127.88 $49.68 – $188.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $262.64 $180.90 – $656.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $217.04 $198.80 – $323.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $214.70 $198.80 – $319.16
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $358.02 $165.49 – $165.49

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