Tc-99m exametazime diag at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,626.05
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.
$5,646.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$454.09 with United vs $5,646.00 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $454.09 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $454.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $499.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $853.69 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $862.77 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $994.25 | ↓ -39% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,044.41 | ↓ -36% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,044.41 | ↓ -36% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,054.35 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,075.44 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,085.98 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,323.86 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,323.86 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,323.86 | ↓ -19% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,976.10 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,314.86 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,588.93 | ↑ +59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $4,066.43 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $4,093.45 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $4,234.50 | ↑ +160% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,234.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $4,460.34 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,516.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,573.26 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,686.18 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,116.84 | ↑ +215% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,423.07 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,646.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $1,230.83 | $454.09 – $4,516.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,243.49 | $686.99 – $2,214.42 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,725.70 | $454.09 – $3,951.36 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,772.63 | $454.09 – $4,431.56 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $841.80 | $454.09 – $1,815.20 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $832.73 | $454.09 – $1,792.51 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $667.09 | $454.09 – $1,860.58 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $2,868.49 | $454.09 – $3,613.26 |