Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose 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

$3,005.28

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.

$10,435.00

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.

$1,289.16 with BCBS - Anthem vs $5,971.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,289.16 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $1,367.08 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,394.43 ↓ -54%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,408.09 ↓ -53%
United Commercial|HMO $1,716.53 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,716.53 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,716.53 ↓ -43%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,089.85 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,448.11 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,760.22 ↓ -8%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,985.50 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,985.50 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,066.43 ↑ +35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $4,478.25 ↑ +49%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,478.25 ↑ +49%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,478.25 ↑ +49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,717.09 ↑ +57%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,776.80 ↑ +59%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,836.51 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,955.93 ↑ +65%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,423.07 ↑ +80%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,612.74 ↑ +87%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,971.00 ↑ +99%

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Tc-99m exame autol wbc diag per dose at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,274.83 $1,289.16 – $4,776.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,512.20 $1,321.83 – $3,260.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,495.90 $1,321.83 – $3,220.04
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,198.35 $855.96 – $3,342.32
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $2,099.14 $1,321.83 – $3,831.44
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $800.74 $412.75 – $1,651.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,206.53 $925.25 – $2,960.80
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $2,859.19 $656.81 – $4,955.93

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