Brain flow imaging only 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

$1,739.36

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.

$6,348.00

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.

$57.69 with United vs $5,268.84 with MultiPlan — 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $57.69 ↓ -97%
United Medicaid|> 21 $57.69 ↓ -97%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $63.46 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $75.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $109.61 ↓ -94%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $132.11 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $132.11 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $163.01 ↓ -91%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $248.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $559.72 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $559.72 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $559.72 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $667.02 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $692.74 ↓ -60%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $698.28 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $707.34 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $707.34 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $707.34 ↓ -59%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $728.56 ↓ -58%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $778.07 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $865.64 ↓ -50%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $884.18 ↓ -49%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,061.01 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,101.15 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,212.01 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,977.25 ↑ +14%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2,221.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,602.68 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,636.53 ↑ +52%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,427.92 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4,761.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,761.00 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $5,078.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,268.84 ↑ +203%

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Brain flow imaging only at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,536.10 $57.69 – $3,349.64
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,952.38 $57.69 – $2,046.24
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,226.18 $57.69 – $2,704.43
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $663.35 $57.69 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $656.20 $57.69 – $2,565.73
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $495.10 $57.69 – $843.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $512.71 $78.46 – $645.82
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $996.01 $57.69 – $886.00

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