Tc-99m mertiatide at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$305.28
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.
$1,060.00
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.
$306.98 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,060.00 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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| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $306.98 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $306.98 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $306.98 | ↑ +1% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $337.68 | ↑ +11% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $371.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $434.60 | ↑ +42% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $577.12 | ↑ +89% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $583.26 | ↑ +91% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $706.05 | ↑ +131% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $706.05 | ↑ +131% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $795.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $795.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $795.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $837.40 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $848.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $858.60 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $879.80 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $996.40 | ↑ +226% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,060.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,060.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,060.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,060.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,060.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Tc-99m mertiatide at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $231.08 | $306.98 – $848.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $262.80 | $160.38 – $528.01 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $307.38 | $180.81 – $506.52 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $743.01 | $306.98 – $1,701.28 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $546.12 | $180.84 – $685.02 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $299.88 | $206.55 – $765.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $282.71 | $306.98 – $762.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $279.66 | $306.98 – $762.00 |