Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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

$1,109.98

Cash price

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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.

$4,051.00

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.

$172.97 with Hill Physicians vs $12,770.00 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 $172.97 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|> 21 $241.81 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|< 21 $241.81 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $396.15 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $419.30 ↓ -62%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $445.61 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $574.29 ↓ -48%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $872.90 ↓ -21%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $872.90 ↓ -21%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,299.70 ↑ +17%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,417.85 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,660.91 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,187.54 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,038.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,038.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,240.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,362.33 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3,820.10 ↑ +244%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,051.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,172.53 ↑ +276%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,430.00 ↑ +299%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,456.10 ↑ +301%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,845.02 ↑ +336%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,845.02 ↑ +336%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $5,063.75 ↑ +356%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,645.00 ↑ +409%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,727.00 ↑ +416%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +549%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +553%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +553%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +553%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $7,267.53 ↑ +555%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7,528.00 ↑ +578%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8,370.00 ↑ +654%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8,811.00 ↑ +694%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +712%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,068.00 ↑ +717%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +1037%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,770.00 ↑ +1050%

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,618.41 $297.43 – $7,390.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,447.07 $241.81 – $1,042.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $396.32 $241.81 – $1,011.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $483.05 $241.81 – $1,302.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $477.84 $241.81 – $1,302.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $732.03 $128.20 – $1,282.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $372.21 $241.81 – $1,266.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $2,836.80 $3,281.00 – $8,871.26

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