Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$48.96

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.

$170.00

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.

$10.37 with Hill Physicians vs $17,563.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $10.37 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.89 ↓ -74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $22.95 ↓ -53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $30.35 ↓ -38%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $32.18 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $32.18 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $32.83 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $33.15 ↓ -32%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $54.23 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.66 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $57.66 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $57.66 ↑ +18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $69.70 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $83.30 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $105.40 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $110.50 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $134.30 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $136.00 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $137.70 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $141.10 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $153.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $153.00 ↑ +213%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $154.70 ↑ +216%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $170.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $1,055.00 ↑ +2055%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +3713%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +4982%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +27537%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +35772%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +35772%

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $85.68 not published
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $85.68 not published
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $37.06 $10.37 – $1,867.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $35.92 $22.14 – $1,834.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $85.68 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $85.68 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $100.88 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $100.88 not published

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