Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete 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

$935.72

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.

$3,249.00

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.

$215.55 with United vs $17,563.00 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $215.55 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $215.55 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $230.69 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $299.53 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $302.54 ↓ -68%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $317.64 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $324.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $327.17 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $353.14 ↓ -62%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $375.89 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $511.94 ↓ -45%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $785.96 ↓ -16%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $785.96 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $929.74 ↓ -1%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,137.15 ↑ +22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,158.58 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,239.74 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,332.09 ↑ +42%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $2,436.75 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,436.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,566.71 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,599.20 ↑ +178%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,599.20 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,631.69 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,696.67 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,249.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,249.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,249.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $12,855.00 ↑ +1274%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +1777%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +1777%

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $708.29 $215.55 – $2,599.20
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $590.43 $265.13 – $1,113.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $992.02 $48.34 – $1,587.89
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,523.37 $321.54 – $1,169.87
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,098.25 $215.55 – $2,463.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $5,299.37 $102.97 – $390.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $626.03 $215.55 – $1,271.67
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $917.86 $215.55 – $1,979.20

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