Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$229.83
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.
$798.00
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.
$15.40 with United 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $15.40 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $15.40 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $16.94 | ↓ -93% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $17.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $18.88 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.56 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $28.95 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.42 | ↓ -85% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.42 | ↓ -85% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $66.22 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $271.53 | ↑ +18% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $279.30 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $327.18 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $339.42 | ↑ +48% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $391.02 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $451.35 | ↑ +96% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $494.76 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $518.70 | ↑ +126% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $598.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $630.42 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $638.40 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $646.38 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $662.34 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $718.20 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $718.20 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $726.18 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $798.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,055.00 | ↑ +359% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,867.00 | ↑ +712% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,488.00 | ↑ +983% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,531.00 | ↑ +5787% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +7542% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +7542% |
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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $173.97 | $15.40 – $1,867.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $147.17 | $21.33 – $336.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $169.49 | $15.40 – $746.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $145.19 | $15.40 – $213.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $150.53 | $15.40 – $1,149.00 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $241.53 | $15.40 – $572.88 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $238.92 | $15.40 – $12,607.00 |
| St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center | Stockton | $130.76 | $22.90 – $183.20 |