_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$48.23

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.

$176.00

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.

$1.79 with WCMG vs $59.20 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 $1.79 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5.04 ↓ -90%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $5.69 ↓ -88%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6.50 ↓ -87%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $6.66 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6.83 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $8.77 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $8.94 ↓ -81%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9.59 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $10.07 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $10.72 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.18 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $12.18 ↓ -75%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $13.00 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $16.24 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $16.24 ↓ -66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $16.24 ↓ -66%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $16.24 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $16.24 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|HMO $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|< 21 $16.24 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|> 21 $16.24 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.24 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.73 ↓ -65%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $17.87 ↓ -63%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $20.30 ↓ -58%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $24.36 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $44.39 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $59.20 ↑ +23%

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_afb id by dna probe rflx ast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $49.05 $14.04 – $53.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $160.14 $19.65 – $163.55
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $78.76 $16.04 – $79.38
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $33.39 $16.24 – $49.13
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $16.04 – $94.08
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.30 $16.24 – $57.61
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.09 $16.24 – $57.61
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $211.14 $20.05 – $206.69

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