Version cephalic external at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$488.74
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.
$1,697.00
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.
$98.77 with Hill Physicians 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $98.77 | ↓ -80% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $102.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $593.95 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $695.77 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $848.50 | ↑ +74% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $848.50 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $1,103.05 | ↑ +126% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,272.75 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,340.63 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $1,357.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,357.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,374.57 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,408.51 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,476.39 | ↑ +202% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,600.28 | ↑ +227% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,697.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,730.94 | ↑ +254% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $1,747.91 | ↑ +258% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↑ +481% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↑ +626% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,178.22 | ↑ +755% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +865% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $7,371.00 | ↑ +1408% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,531.00 | ↑ +2669% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14,151.00 | ↑ +2795% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,563.00 | ↑ +3494% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $17,563.00 | ↑ +3494% |
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Version cephalic external at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $369.95 | $98.77 – $1,866.70 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,022.30 | $630.18 – $4,668.00 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $841.85 | $305.45 – $722.65 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $5,382.54 | $593.00 – $6,619.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $3,393.19 | $3,964.00 – $7,769.44 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,623.66 | $1,807.11 – $6,559.14 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $1,699.93 | $2,291.00 – $4,039.91 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $1,681.60 | $2,291.00 – $4,039.91 |