Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session 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

$3,492.58

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$12,127.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$166.05 with United vs $21,194.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Medicaid|< 21 $166.05 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $166.05 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $176.41 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $182.66 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $188.25 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $312.17 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $315.50 ↓ -91%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $381.92 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $381.92 ↓ -89%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $714.02 ↓ -80%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,244.45 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,972.07 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,095.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9,580.33 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,701.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,822.87 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,065.41 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $12,005.73 ↑ +244%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,127.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,127.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,127.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12,748.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $15,935.00 ↑ +356%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $17,701.00 ↑ +407%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $17,701.00 ↑ +407%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $17,701.00 ↑ +407%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $21,194.00 ↑ +507%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,643.69 $166.05 – $9,701.60
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,474.75 $251.22 – $2,626.26
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $520.88 $166.05 – $1,192.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $477.07 $166.05 – $1,132.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,993.76 $166.05 – $4,782.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,972.26 $166.05 – $5,320.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $379.95 $9,256.00 – $16,265.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,115.08 $10,413.00 – $16,974.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →