Ther/proph/diag inj ia 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

$230.40

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.

$800.00

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.

$18.25 with United vs $4,937.00 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
United Medicaid|> 21 $18.25 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $18.25 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $19.53 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $20.45 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $22.19 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $29.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $30.21 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $46.39 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $46.39 ↓ -80%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $68.37 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $133.87 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $133.87 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $133.87 ↓ -42%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $261.09 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $266.00 ↑ +15%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $276.87 ↑ +20%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $282.41 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $285.18 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $311.60 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $372.40 ↑ +62%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $471.20 ↑ +105%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $494.00 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $501.60 ↑ +118%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $570.00 ↑ +147%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $600.40 ↑ +161%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $608.00 ↑ +164%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $608.00 ↑ +164%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $615.60 ↑ +167%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $630.80 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $668.80 ↑ +190%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $684.00 ↑ +197%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $684.00 ↑ +197%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $691.60 ↑ +200%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $760.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $760.00 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $800.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $800.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,712.00 ↑ +1511%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,937.00 ↑ +2043%

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Ther/proph/diag inj ia at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $174.40 $18.25 – $608.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $239.59 $22.45 – $1,951.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $419.22 $286.64 – $292.49
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $429.64 $18.25 – $1,654.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $136.90 $18.25 – $12,607.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $400.86 $302.01 – $302.01
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $393.72 $273.57 – $273.57
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $210.63 $286.58 – $286.58

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