#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$22.75

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.

$83.00

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.

$4.56 with Partnership Health Plan vs $83.00 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.

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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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.56 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.54 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6.89 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $7.19 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $7.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $7.31 ↓ -68%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
United Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7.53 ↓ -67%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $8.04 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.57 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8.66 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.77 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.77 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $8.77 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.77 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $9.13 ↓ -60%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $9.14 ↓ -60%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $10.96 ↓ -52%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -34%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $16.18 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21.32 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.32 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21.32 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.58 ↓ -5%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $25.73 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $29.05 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $33.20 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $34.03 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $34.86 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $44.82 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $45.65 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $48.97 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $51.46 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $54.78 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $62.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $62.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $66.40 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $66.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $68.89 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $83.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $83.00 ↑ +265%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $11.13 $6.41 – $24.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $11.01 $6.02 – $23.70
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $17.13 $3.00 – $24.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $8.82 $6.21 – $24.60
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $15.45 $5.24 – $28.20
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $7.25 $3.64 – $25.95
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $220.18 $6.25 – $395.92
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $29.24 $4.56 – $39.07

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