Xray place dist ext thor ao at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$948.10
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.
$3,292.00
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.
$163.19 with United vs $3,292.00 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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| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $163.19 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $163.19 | ↓ -83% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $179.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $306.80 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $310.04 | ↓ -67% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $375.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $375.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $621.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $621.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $621.25 | ↓ -34% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $701.72 | ↓ -26% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,152.20 | ↑ +22% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,349.72 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,646.00 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,646.00 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,646.00 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $1,646.00 | ↑ +74% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,469.00 | ↑ +160% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $2,469.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,600.68 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,633.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,633.60 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,666.52 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,732.36 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,292.00 | ↑ +247% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $3,292.00 | ↑ +247% |
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Xray place dist ext thor ao at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $717.66 | $163.19 – $2,633.60 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,596.03 | $246.89 – $4,623.06 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange | Orange | $1,562.88 | $863.84 – $2,400.62 |
| Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center | Glendale | $313.62 | $163.19 – $769.60 |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | $902.01 | $163.19 – $2,732.36 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | $1,280.59 | $163.19 – $2,699.44 |
| Woodland Memorial Hospital | Woodland | $902.01 | $50.00 – $3,292.00 |
| Providence Saint John's Health Center | Santa Monica | $1,139.60 | $398.99 – $1,271.76 |