PSA (Prostate) Test 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

$61.64

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.

$214.00

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.

$5.78 with Western Health Advantage vs $54.29 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.

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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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5.78 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.11 ↓ -90%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.77 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.76 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.09 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11.73 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12.06 ↓ -80%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.39 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $12.39 ↓ -80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.05 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13.21 ↓ -79%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.21 ↓ -79%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.38 ↓ -78%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.71 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.04 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.57 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.35 ↓ -73%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $16.51 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.51 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.51 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|HMO $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.51 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.51 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.51 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $17.01 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $40.71 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $54.29 ↓ -12%

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PSA (Prostate) Test at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $46.66 $5.78 – $40.71
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $95.49 $1.35 – $48.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $35.06 $3.68 – $26.98
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $283.05 $18.02 – $150.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $176.34 $2.50 – $47.37
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $127.21 $2.71 – $5.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $161.51 $1.35 – $55.69
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $109.45 $2.50 – $52.83

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