Ureteral embolization/occl 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

$628.13

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.

$2,181.00

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.

$170.77 with Hill Physicians vs $9,205.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Commercial|All Plans $170.77 ↓ -73%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $763.35 ↑ +22%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $894.21 ↑ +42%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,577.81 ↑ +151%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,577.81 ↑ +151%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,635.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,722.99 ↑ +174%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,735.59 ↑ +176%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,744.80 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,766.61 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,810.23 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|HMO $2,159.19 ↑ +244%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $2,171.87 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,181.00 ↑ +247%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,532.00 ↑ +781%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,532.00 ↑ +781%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,532.00 ↑ +781%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5,537.00 ↑ +782%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6,921.00 ↑ +1002%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9,205.00 ↑ +1365%

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Ureteral embolization/occl at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $5,958.40 not published
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $5,958.40 not published
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $475.46 $170.77 – $2,181.00
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $5,958.40 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $291.71 $179.82 – $2,745.39
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $5,958.40 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $5,958.40 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $5,958.40 not published

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