Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$20.95

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.

$72.73

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.

$5.98 with Partnership Health Plan vs $72.73 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7.04 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $7.47 ↓ -64%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7.47 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7.69 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|< 21 $8.58 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|> 21 $8.58 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.96 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|HMO $8.96 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.96 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.96 ↓ -57%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $11.24 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $14.44 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $16.56 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $19.73 ↓ -6%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $19.73 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.08 ↑ +5%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $25.46 ↑ +22%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $26.92 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $29.82 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $34.19 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $35.64 ↑ +70%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $46.16 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $46.16 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $46.16 ↑ +120%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $51.64 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $53.10 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $54.55 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $54.55 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $57.46 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $58.19 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $58.19 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $58.92 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.37 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $61.83 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $72.73 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $72.73 ↑ +247%

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Rbc osmotic fragility at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $15.86 $5.98 – $58.19
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $28.04 $7.47 – $49.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $27.40 $7.47 – $62.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $42.63 $7.47 – $62.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $25.09 $7.47 – $62.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $23.75 $7.47 – $51.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $23.49 $7.47 – $50.56
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $36.55 $6.40 – $51.20

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