Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$408.39

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,418.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.78 with Hill Physicians vs $17,563.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $8.78 ↓ -98%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $15.27 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $20.84 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $20.84 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $22.92 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $31.88 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $47.93 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $47.93 ↓ -88%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $89.61 ↓ -78%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $242.55 ↓ -41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.04 ↓ -38%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $267.27 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $267.96 ↓ -34%
United Medicare|All Plans $272.62 ↓ -33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $275.29 ↓ -33%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $284.13 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $334.95 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $339.57 ↓ -17%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $429.66 ↑ +5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $445.41 ↑ +9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $450.45 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $519.75 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $547.47 ↑ +34%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $554.40 ↑ +36%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $554.40 ↑ +36%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $561.33 ↑ +37%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $575.19 ↑ +41%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $623.70 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $623.70 ↑ +53%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $630.63 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $693.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +357%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +509%
United Commercial|HMO $13,531.00 ↑ +3213%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17,563.00 ↑ +4201%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17,563.00 ↑ +4201%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $309.13 $8.78 – $1,867.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $394.64 $28.01 – $546.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $433.50 $115.41 – $301.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $312.87 $18.30 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $259.74 $20.84 – $370.44
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $272.44 $18.30 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $335.02 $20.84 – $794.64
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $331.41 $20.84 – $12,607.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →