Apheresis plasma 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

$1,451.38

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.

$5,297.00

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.

$93.35 with Hill Physicians vs $8,609.00 with Health Net — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $93.35 ↓ -94%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $530.20 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -23%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,121.46 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,355.68 ↓ -7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,687.00 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,837.31 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,856.85 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,976.20 ↑ +36%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,031.39 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,154.18 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,218.81 ↑ +53%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,369.60 ↑ +63%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,602.80 ↑ +79%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2,692.72 ↑ +86%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,822.29 ↑ +94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,822.29 ↑ +94%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,231.27 ↑ +123%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +128%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,615.00 ↑ +149%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,615.00 ↑ +149%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,737.00 ↑ +157%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,856.00 ↑ +166%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,000.60 ↑ +176%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4,202.35 ↑ +190%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +195%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,671.00 ↑ +222%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,746.00 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,820.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|HMO $4,820.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,820.00 ↑ +232%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,820.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,820.00 ↑ +232%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +288%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +331%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +354%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +367%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +400%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +400%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +400%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,609.00 ↑ +493%

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Apheresis plasma at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,230.31 $1,121.46 – $5,106.78
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,511.95 $1,041.39 – $3,779.86
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $949.39 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $986.13 $1,121.46 – $2,559.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $12,260.91 $2,211.33 – $7,455.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,487.49 $2,003.11 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,334.36 $877.59 – $3,510.36
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,901.90 $2,167.10 – $4,737.00

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