Ventilator initial day at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$2,916.29
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.
$10,126.00
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.
$44.80 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 | $44.80 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $44.80 | ↓ -98% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $49.28 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $84.22 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.12 | ↓ -97% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $90.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $94.64 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.04 | ↓ -96% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $103.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $192.64 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $819.23 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $868.75 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $886.13 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $894.81 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,055.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,867.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,488.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,544.10 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,151.66 | ↑ +42% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,581.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,802.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $5,818.00 | ↑ +100% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,594.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $7,999.54 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $8,100.80 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $8,202.06 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,404.58 | ↑ +188% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $8,812.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $9,081.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,113.40 | ↑ +212% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $10,126.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,531.00 | ↑ +364% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +502% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +502% |
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Ventilator initial day at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $2,207.47 | $44.80 – $8,100.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $3,585.91 | $67.77 – $6,385.86 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $967.09 | $73.92 – $1,934.18 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $3,967.80 | $832.54 – $849.53 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,492.68 | $44.80 – $1,484.70 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $2,855.81 | $44.80 – $4,202.24 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,614.65 | $44.80 – $1,392.58 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $4,938.39 | $44.80 – $10,788.80 |