Removal biliary drg cath 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

$3,315.17

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.

$11,511.00

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.

$95.09 with Hill Physicians vs $11,051.00 with United — 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 $95.09 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|> 21 $339.17 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $339.17 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $373.09 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $548.37 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $637.64 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $780.09 ↓ -76%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $780.09 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,161.82 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,232.05 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,256.70 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,269.01 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,322.10 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,458.43 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,838.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,547.00 ↑ +7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,867.85 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,530.91 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,718.00 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,808.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +67%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,288.25 ↑ +150%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,730.29 ↑ +163%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $8,840.80 ↑ +167%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,840.80 ↑ +167%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,951.31 ↑ +170%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,172.33 ↑ +177%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9,228.00 ↑ +178%
United Commercial|HMO $10,940.49 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,051.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,051.00 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,051.00 ↑ +233%

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Removal biliary drg cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,509.40 $95.09 – $8,840.80
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $676.71 $417.15 – $2,072.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,432.99 $339.17 – $5,780.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,190.49 $339.17 – $5,780.04
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $963.12 $339.17 – $1,515.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $952.74 $339.17 – $1,496.26
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,215.33 $1,166.53 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,199.12 $339.17 – $3,141.60

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