X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$338.40
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.
$1,175.00
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.
$52.16 with Hill Physicians vs $1,066.65 with BCBS - Anthem — 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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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $52.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $67.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $75.89 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $75.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.48 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $99.47 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $131.77 | ↓ -61% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $139.74 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $142.54 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $143.93 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.57 | ↓ -51% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.55 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.55 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $208.21 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $208.21 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $208.21 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $245.18 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $245.18 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $245.18 | ↓ -28% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $326.34 | ↓ -4% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $411.25 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $439.91 | ↑ +30% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $481.75 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $586.59 | ↑ +73% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $641.70 | ↑ +90% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $802.13 | ↑ +137% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $881.25 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $881.25 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $928.25 | ↑ +174% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $940.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $951.75 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $975.25 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $1,066.65 | ↑ +215% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| South Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $256.15 | $52.16 – $940.00 |
| Fresno Medical Center | FRESNO | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $808.11 | $114.81 – $1,439.10 |
| Antioch Medical Center | ANTIOCH | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $677.60 | $142.00 – $142.00 |