Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$3,311.84

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.

$12,087.00

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.

$361.27 with Hill Physicians vs $35,580.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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 $361.27 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $394.76 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $394.76 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $646.74 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $684.50 ↓ -79%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $937.56 ↓ -72%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,329.57 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,425.00 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,425.00 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,121.83 ↓ -36%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,230.45 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,955.67 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,526.98 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,573.00 ↑ +159%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,065.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,065.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,669.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,032.21 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $10,112.00 ↑ +205%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11,398.05 ↑ +244%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Medicare|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12,449.61 ↑ +276%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $12,640.00 ↑ +282%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13,295.70 ↑ +301%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $13,681.38 ↑ +313%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $13,681.38 ↑ +313%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $15,108.75 ↑ +356%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $15,552.00 ↑ +370%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $16,598.00 ↑ +401%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $17,696.00 ↑ +434%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $20,522.07 ↑ +520%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $21,162.00 ↑ +539%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22,950.00 ↑ +593%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $29,592.00 ↑ +794%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $31,379.00 ↑ +847%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $33,036.00 ↑ +898%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $35,580.00 ↑ +974%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,776.92 $485.55 – $12,680.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,499.10 $394.76 – $5,839.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,288.89 $394.76 – $5,839.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $7,389.95 $394.76 – $15,935.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $7,310.28 $394.76 – $15,736.01
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $6,438.90 $394.76 – $15,917.16
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,858.40 $8,912.00 – $20,774.00
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $9,987.91 $394.76 – $19,200.06

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