Brace kafo dbl upright cust 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

$2,859.19

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.

$10,435.00

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.

$1,147.85 with WCMG vs $10,121.95 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,147.85 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,352.81 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,352.81 ↓ -53%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,488.09 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,773.07 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,400.05 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,504.40 ↓ -12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,608.75 ↓ -9%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2,921.80 ↑ +2%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2,921.80 ↑ +2%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,069.65 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $4,174.00 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,426.20 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,530.55 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|HMO $5,843.60 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,843.60 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,843.60 ↑ +104%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $6,782.75 ↑ +137%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,782.75 ↑ +137%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,408.85 ↑ +159%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,826.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,826.25 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $8,139.30 ↑ +185%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,348.00 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,556.70 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $8,556.70 ↑ +199%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,661.05 ↑ +203%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,869.75 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,869.75 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,869.75 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9,391.50 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $9,391.50 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,391.50 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $9,600.20 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $10,121.95 ↑ +254%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $10,121.95 ↑ +254%

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Brace kafo dbl upright cust at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $7,955.83 $1,451.28 – $5,926.06
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $4,487.05 $1,217.53 – $8,025.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $4,080.09 $1,352.81 – $8,025.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $3,401.81 $40.00 – $7,944.75
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $4,259.82 $1,092.96 – $4,968.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $3,474.86 $1,352.81 – $6,764.05
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $2,274.83 $1,352.81 – $9,287.15
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $4,059.22 $1,147.85 – $10,017.60

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