Sperm antibody test at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$13.90
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$48.25
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$10.06 with BCBS - Anthem vs $48.25 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $10.06 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $10.67 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $10.99 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $12.80 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $12.80 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $12.80 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.80 | ↓ -8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $16.89 | ↑ +22% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $17.86 | ↑ +28% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $19.79 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $22.68 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $23.64 | ↑ +70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $23.65 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $31.53 | ↑ +127% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $34.26 | ↑ +146% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $35.23 | ↑ +153% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $36.19 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $36.19 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $38.12 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $38.60 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $38.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $39.09 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $40.05 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.02 | ↑ +195% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $48.25 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $48.25 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $48.25 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.25 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.25 | ↑ +247% |
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Sperm antibody test at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $10.52 | $10.06 – $38.60 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | Grass Valley | $26.30 | $10.67 – $47.29 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $13.23 | $5.31 – $40.05 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $18.77 | $5.31 – $39.57 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $13.23 | $5.31 – $48.25 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | not published | $10.46 – $87.11 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | not published | $10.67 – $110.08 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | not published | $10.67 – $124.83 |