So cap design without jnts cf 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

$57.89

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.

$201.00

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.

$46.23 with Kaiser vs $201.00 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
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $46.23 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $46.23 ↓ -20%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $46.23 ↓ -20%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $48.24 ↓ -17%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $50.25 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $52.26 ↓ -10%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $56.28 ↓ -3%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $56.28 ↓ -3%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $76.38 ↑ +32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $80.40 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $102.51 ↑ +77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.53 ↑ +84%
United Commercial|Options PPO $114.57 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $114.57 ↑ +98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $120.60 ↑ +108%
United Commercial|HMO $122.61 ↑ +112%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $130.65 ↑ +126%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $144.72 ↑ +150%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $146.73 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $150.75 ↑ +160%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $152.76 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $152.76 ↑ +164%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $152.76 ↑ +164%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $160.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $162.81 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $166.83 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $180.90 ↑ +212%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $180.90 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $180.90 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $180.90 ↑ +212%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $180.90 ↑ +212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $182.91 ↑ +216%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $190.95 ↑ +230%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $190.95 ↑ +230%
United Medicaid|< 21 $201.00 ↑ +247%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $201.00 ↑ +247%
United Medicaid|> 21 $201.00 ↑ +247%

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So cap design without jnts cf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $43.82 $46.23 – $201.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $55.08 $22.11 – $201.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $78.19 $22.11 – $201.00
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $55.08 $22.11 – $201.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana not published $983.68 – $1,819.81
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank not published $983.68 – $1,819.81
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange not published $836.13 – $1,819.81
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills not published $983.68 – $1,819.81

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