Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level 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

$112.04

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.

$389.00

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.

$4.33 with Western Health Advantage vs $39.98 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 $4.33 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.57 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.07 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5.81 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.06 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8.77 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9.02 ↓ -92%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $9.27 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $9.76 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $9.88 ↓ -91%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9.88 ↓ -91%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.01 ↓ -91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $10.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.65 ↓ -90%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12.04 ↓ -89%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $12.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12.35 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $12.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $12.35 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|HMO $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $12.35 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $12.35 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.73 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $29.98 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.98 ↓ -64%

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Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $84.81 $4.33 – $29.98
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $148.49 $13.54 – $42.25
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $33.18 $2.71 – $19.87
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $225.93 $13.27 – $110.57
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $209.30 $10.00 – $34.88
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $176.49 $10.83 – $19.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $191.69 $5.40 – $41.01
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $248.95 $13.54 – $120.00

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