Protein c activity at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$5.19
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.
$18.00
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.
$5.28 with Western Health Advantage vs $40.89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $5.28 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $5.58 | ↑ +8% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.18 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $7.08 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $7.38 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $10.70 | ↑ +106% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $11.00 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $11.30 | ↑ +118% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11.30 | ↑ +118% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $11.90 | ↑ +129% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $12.05 | ↑ +132% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.05 | ↑ +132% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $12.20 | ↑ +135% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.30 | ↑ +137% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12.50 | ↑ +141% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.81 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $13.05 | ↑ +151% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $14.26 | ↑ +175% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $15.06 | ↑ +190% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $30.66 | ↑ +491% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.89 | ↑ +688% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein c activity at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $10.52 | $4.86 – $36.74 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $88.05 | $13.56 – $112.99 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $77.79 | $7.62 – $35.68 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $23.05 | $13.00 – $23.52 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $71.25 | $4.12 – $41.94 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $195.52 | $9.00 – $39.79 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $193.41 | $9.00 – $39.79 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $88.05 | $13.84 – $142.79 |