Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days 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

$1,181.67

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.

$4,103.00

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.

$613.94 with Hill Physicians vs $7,040.70 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $613.94 ↓ -48%
United Medicaid|> 21 $631.33 ↓ -47%
United Medicaid|< 21 $631.33 ↓ -47%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $694.46 ↓ -41%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $780.49 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,186.90 ↑ +0%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,199.53 ↑ +2%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,436.05 ↑ +22%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,452.06 ↑ +23%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,452.06 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,617.74 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,682.23 ↑ +42%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,715.53 ↑ +45%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,749.85 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,767.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,408.23 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,408.23 ↑ +104%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,408.23 ↑ +104%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,714.72 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,938.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|HMO $2,938.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,938.37 ↑ +149%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,938.37 ↑ +149%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,077.25 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $3,077.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,241.37 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,282.40 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,282.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,323.43 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,405.49 ↑ +188%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,103.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,103.00 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5,280.13 ↑ +347%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,040.70 ↑ +496%

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Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $894.46 $613.94 – $5,280.13
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,446.28 $891.54 – $6,326.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $1,158.82 $261.10 – $1,675.19
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $974.25 $631.33 – $6,851.62
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $963.75 $631.33 – $6,851.62
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,214.81 $459.27 – $2,187.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $884.26 $309.00 – $1,717.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,679.20 $631.33 – $21,349.91

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