Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 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

$13.09

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.

$45.45

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.

$13.28 with Western Health Advantage vs $136.74 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 $13.28 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.04 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $15.56 ↑ +19%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $17.84 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.60 ↑ +42%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $26.94 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $27.70 ↑ +112%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $28.46 ↑ +117%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|BRMS $28.46 ↑ +117%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $29.98 ↑ +129%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $30.36 ↑ +132%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $30.36 ↑ +132%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.74 ↑ +135%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $31.50 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $32.25 ↑ +146%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $35.78 ↑ +173%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $36.95 ↑ +182%
United Medicaid|> 21 $36.95 ↑ +182%
United Medicaid|< 21 $36.95 ↑ +182%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $37.94 ↑ +190%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $37.94 ↑ +190%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $37.94 ↑ +190%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|HMO $37.94 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|Options PPO $37.94 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $37.94 ↑ +190%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $37.94 ↑ +190%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $37.94 ↑ +190%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $39.08 ↑ +199%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $102.55 ↑ +683%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $136.74 ↑ +945%

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Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $9.91 $13.28 – $102.55
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $80.08 $43.00 – $43.00
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK $273.00 $32.00 – $32.00

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