Prolonged IV inf, req pump at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$449.28
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.
$1,560.00
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.
$411.03 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,839.00 with Cigna — 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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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $411.03 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $435.87 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $444.59 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $448.95 | ↓ -0% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $546.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $639.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $764.40 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $967.20 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $1,014.00 | ↑ +126% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,232.40 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,248.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,263.60 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,294.80 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,404.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $1,404.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $1,419.60 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,489.00 | ↑ +231% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,532.00 | ↑ +241% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,560.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $1,560.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,560.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,712.00 | ↑ +726% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $4,379.00 | ↑ +875% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,385.00 | ↑ +876% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,937.00 | ↑ +999% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,839.00 | ↑ +1200% |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $340.08 | $411.03 – $4,379.00 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $149.75 | $103.14 – $1,654.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $389.18 | $283.23 – $871.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $328.84 | $421.45 – $12,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $224.91 | $146.79 – $1,266.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $576.30 | $295.97 – $302.01 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $339.21 | $77.52 – $316.54 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $379.04 | $406.78 – $1,411.00 |