Warde fluorescent antibody screen endomysial iga 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

$4.90

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.

$17.00

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.

$5.95 with Western Health Advantage vs $17.00 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.

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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 $5.95 ↑ +21%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6.29 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.97 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7.99 ↑ +63%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8.33 ↑ +70%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $12.07 ↑ +146%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12.41 ↑ +153%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $12.75 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.75 ↑ +160%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $13.43 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.60 ↑ +178%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $13.77 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $14.11 ↑ +188%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $14.45 ↑ +195%
United Commercial|HMO $16.83 ↑ +243%
United Commercial|Options PPO $17.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $17.00 ↑ +247%

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Warde fluorescent antibody screen endomysial iga at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $3.71 $5.95 – $17.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $16.15 $4.59 – $13.26
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.01 $2.42 – $19.95
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5.10 $11.85 – $26.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $43.86 $8.50 – $16.66
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $24.55 $4.40 – $16.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $40.17 $4.59 – $16.66
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.68 $8.50 – $13.60

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