Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$1,482.89

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.

$5,412.00

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.

$129.47 with Hill Physicians vs $12,615.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $129.47 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $170.89 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $170.89 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $279.97 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $296.32 ↓ -80%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $405.86 ↓ -73%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $571.56 ↓ -61%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $616.88 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $616.88 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $918.53 ↓ -38%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,818.60 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,007.80 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,130.36 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,193.03 ↑ +48%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,342.08 ↑ +58%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2,661.45 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,805.84 ↑ +89%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,193.74 ↑ +115%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,897.00 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,897.00 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,156.80 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,312.68 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,430.00 ↑ +199%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,196.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,196.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|HMO $5,196.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,196.00 ↑ +250%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,645.00 ↑ +281%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,727.00 ↑ +286%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,780.00 ↑ +290%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +386%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +389%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +389%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +389%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7,528.00 ↑ +408%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8,370.00 ↑ +464%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8,811.00 ↑ +494%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +508%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,068.00 ↑ +512%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,485.00 ↑ +607%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +751%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $2,779.55 $210.19 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,756.32 $170.89 – $6,121.08
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,587.41 $170.89 – $1,665.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,347.69 $170.89 – $4,480.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,047.55 $170.89 – $4,415.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,025.48 $170.89 – $4,360.01
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,972.17 $2,345.04 – $9,858.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,381.01 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00

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