Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$54.80

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.

$200.00

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.

$0.32 with WCMG vs $22.99 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 $0.32 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $0.88 ↓ -98%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1.14 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1.17 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1.19 ↓ -98%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1.53 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1.56 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1.67 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1.76 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1.87 ↓ -97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2.13 ↓ -96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2.13 ↓ -96%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2.27 ↓ -96%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2.67 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $2.83 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2.83 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2.83 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.83 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|HMO $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $2.83 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $2.83 ↓ -95%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2.92 ↓ -95%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3.12 ↓ -94%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $3.54 ↓ -94%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $17.24 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.99 ↓ -58%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $85.41 $1.91 – $20.65
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $1.56 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.41 $7.62 – $42.21
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $158.36 $3.50 – $20.06
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.28 $4.06 – $11.76
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $145.04 $1.89 – $23.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.33 $1.77 – $22.37
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.15 $1.77 – $22.37

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