Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$241.06

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.

$837.00

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.

$139.51 with Western Health Advantage vs $635.79 with Cigna — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $139.51 ↓ -42%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $162.36 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $186.71 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $205.38 ↓ -15%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $215.06 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $219.45 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $219.45 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $219.45 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $219.45 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $219.45 ↓ -9%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $219.45 ↓ -9%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $297.00 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $297.00 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $298.68 ↑ +24%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $312.84 ↑ +30%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $316.80 ↑ +31%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $320.76 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $328.68 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $338.26 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $351.01 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $362.09 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|HMO $362.09 ↑ +50%
United Commercial|Options PPO $362.09 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $372.24 ↑ +54%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $396.00 ↑ +64%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $396.00 ↑ +64%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $396.00 ↑ +64%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $396.00 ↑ +64%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $476.74 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $635.79 ↑ +164%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $337.15 not published
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $337.15 not published
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $182.47 $139.51 – $476.74
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $337.15 not published
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $337.15 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $337.15 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $337.15 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $313.07 not published

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