Replace picvad 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

$5,128.71

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.

$17,808.00

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.

$302.41 with Hill Physicians vs $17,808.00 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 $302.41 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|< 21 $479.51 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $479.51 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $579.46 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $785.31 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $793.95 ↓ -85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,211.59 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,211.59 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $1,277.61 ↓ -75%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,796.20 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,900.37 ↓ -24%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,136.13 ↓ -19%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,218.86 ↓ -18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,260.21 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,537.00 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,232.80 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,921.00 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $7,301.28 ↑ +42%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $7,371.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,848.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,848.00 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,848.00 ↑ +73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,205.00 ↑ +79%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13,356.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $14,068.32 ↑ +174%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $14,151.00 ↑ +176%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $14,246.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $14,424.48 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14,780.64 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $17,629.92 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,808.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,808.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17,808.00 ↑ +247%

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Replace picvad cath at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $3,882.15 $302.41 – $14,246.40
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,911.87 $589.80 – $7,477.22
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $4,594.50 $479.51 – $13,534.81
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $4,093.89 $474.10 – $6,668.39
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $2,541.70 $1,142.00 – $7,332.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $4,879.40 $302.41 – $14,780.64
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $6,927.32 $302.41 – $14,602.56
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $4,879.40 $479.51 – $17,808.00

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