Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$12.09

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.

$44.11

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.

$4.86 with WCMG vs $48.56 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 $4.86 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $13.68 ↑ +13%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $14.63 ↑ +21%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $15.44 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $15.51 ↑ +28%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $16.45 ↑ +36%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $16.45 ↑ +36%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $16.94 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $17.65 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $18.09 ↑ +50%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $18.09 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.53 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $19.74 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|Options PPO $19.74 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|HMO $19.74 ↑ +63%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $19.74 ↑ +63%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $20.56 ↑ +70%
United Medicaid|> 21 $20.99 ↑ +74%
United Medicaid|< 21 $20.99 ↑ +74%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $23.09 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $23.82 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $24.27 ↑ +101%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $24.68 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $26.03 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $27.35 ↑ +126%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $27.50 ↑ +127%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $29.12 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $33.09 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $33.09 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $35.29 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $35.29 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $36.42 ↑ +201%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $36.62 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.03 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $44.11 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.11 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $44.11 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $44.11 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.11 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $44.11 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.11 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.56 ↑ +302%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $15.65 $3.29 – $24.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $18.88 $16.45 – $43.23
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $17.30 $11.91 – $49.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $16.37 $7.81 – $47.26
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $16.19 $7.81 – $47.26
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $25.19 $1.57 – $12.50
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.97 $3.29 – $15.62
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $34.32 $14.63 – $43.23

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