Adh-sendout at Mercy San Juan Medical Center

6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$12.33

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.

$45.00

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.

$4.95 with WCMG vs $100.22 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $13.95 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.75 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $18.00 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.45 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $24.30 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $24.75 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $26.55 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $27.90 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $29.70 ↑ +141%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.17 ↑ +145%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $32.01 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.75 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.75 ↑ +174%
United Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $33.94 ↑ +175%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $33.94 ↑ +175%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $33.94 ↑ +175%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $34.96 ↑ +184%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $36.00 ↑ +192%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $37.33 ↑ +203%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.35 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.73 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.73 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.73 ↑ +230%
United Commercial|HMO $40.73 ↑ +230%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $42.42 ↑ +244%
United Medicaid|< 21 $43.28 ↑ +251%
United Medicaid|> 21 $43.28 ↑ +251%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $45.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +265%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $50.91 ↑ +313%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $75.16 ↑ +510%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $100.22 ↑ +713%

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Adh-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $19.71 $12.15 – $90.05
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $29.42 $6.79 – $49.78
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $15.30 $33.26 – $278.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $96.84 $22.50 – $87.45
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $29.97 $24.36 – $44.10
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $88.69 $12.15 – $102.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.70 $8.50 – $97.53
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.52 $8.50 – $97.53

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