Tilt table study at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,182.53
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.
$4,106.00
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.
$83.18 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.
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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $83.18 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $168.46 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $657.52 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $697.26 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $711.21 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $718.18 | ↓ -39% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,437.10 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,683.46 | ↑ +42% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,053.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,053.00 | ↑ +74% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,079.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,243.74 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,284.80 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,284.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,325.86 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,407.98 | ↑ +188% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $3,882.00 | ↑ +228% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $4,106.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $7,452.00 | ↑ +530% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,531.00 | ↑ +1044% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1385% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +1385% |
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Tilt table study at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,659.20 | not published |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $895.11 | $83.18 – $4,106.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,588.63 | $674.18 – $2,829.06 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $4,659.20 | not published |
| Baldwin Park Medical Center | BALDWIN PARK | $1,622.40 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $4,659.20 | not published |