Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes 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

$46.95

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$163.00

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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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$45.74 with United vs $17,563.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $45.74 ↓ -3%
United Medicaid|< 21 $45.74 ↓ -3%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $50.31 ↑ +7%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $53.75 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $57.00 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +21%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $57.05 ↑ +22%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $58.42 ↑ +24%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $58.71 ↑ +25%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $66.83 ↑ +42%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $85.99 ↑ +83%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $86.91 ↑ +85%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $105.20 ↑ +124%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $105.20 ↑ +124%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $122.25 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $128.77 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $130.40 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $132.03 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $135.29 ↑ +188%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $163.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $163.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +28720%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +37308%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +37308%

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Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $142.24 not published
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $142.24 not published
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $35.54 $45.74 – $163.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $142.24 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $142.24 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $147.16 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE $147.16 not published
Oakland Medical Center Oakland $142.24 not published

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