Tc-99m sestamibi p study 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

$74.88

Cash price

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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.

$260.00

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.

$91.00 with Western Health Advantage vs $307.94 with Cigna — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $91.00 ↑ +22%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $97.36 ↑ +30%
United Medicaid|> 21 $97.36 ↑ +30%
United Medicaid|< 21 $97.36 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $106.60 ↑ +42%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $107.10 ↑ +43%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $183.04 ↑ +144%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $184.98 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $195.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $195.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $195.00 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $205.40 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $208.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $210.60 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $215.80 ↑ +188%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $223.93 ↑ +199%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $223.93 ↑ +199%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $230.90 ↑ +208%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $244.40 ↑ +226%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $260.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $260.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $260.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $260.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $260.00 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $307.94 ↑ +311%

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $56.68 $91.00 – $230.90
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $136.66 $83.43 – $243.36
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $193.70 $113.94 – $269.56
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $751.14 $97.36 – $1,719.90
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $674.66 $97.36 – $845.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $475.89 $97.36 – $1,189.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $394.01 $97.36 – $849.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $389.76 $97.36 – $838.98

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