Remove ventricular device 33977 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

$3,163.40

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.

$10,984.00

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.

$1,042.84 with United vs $35,027.00 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,042.84 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,042.84 ↓ -67%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1,060.52 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,118.03 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,708.51 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,808.28 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,476.75 ↓ -22%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,780.95 ↑ +20%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,780.95 ↑ +20%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,844.40 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,503.44 ↑ +42%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5,605.28 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,238.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8,677.36 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,787.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,897.04 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,116.72 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10,814.00 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|HMO $10,874.16 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,984.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,984.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,984.00 ↑ +247%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $13,710.00 ↑ +333%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $13,737.00 ↑ +334%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +460%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +460%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +460%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20,816.00 ↑ +558%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $21,069.00 ↑ +566%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21,459.00 ↑ +578%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $24,775.00 ↑ +683%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $26,336.00 ↑ +733%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35,027.00 ↑ +1007%

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Remove ventricular device 33977 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,394.52 $1,042.84 – $8,787.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,918.10 $1,042.84 – $10,569.24
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,014.39 $1,042.84 – $8,612.52
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $5,577.97 $1,042.84 – $10,722.69
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $3,009.62 $1,042.84 – $9,116.72
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $4,272.78 $1,042.84 – $9,006.88
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $3,009.62 $1,042.84 – $10,984.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo not published $1,282.69 – $2,242.11

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