Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$997.09

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.

$3,639.00

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.

$25.49 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 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 $25.49 ↓ -97%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|< 21 $43.78 ↓ -96%
United Medicaid|> 21 $43.78 ↓ -96%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $48.16 ↓ -95%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $100.26 ↓ -90%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $100.26 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $102.89 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $103.99 ↓ -90%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $122.50 ↓ -88%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $143.50 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $189.00 ↓ -81%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $235.34 ↓ -76%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $262.50 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $262.50 ↓ -74%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $280.00 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $290.50 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $350.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|HMO $350.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Options PPO $350.00 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $350.00 ↓ -65%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $3,245.00 ↑ +225%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +329%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +419%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +419%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +419%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +436%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +651%

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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $303.78 $66.24 – $732.00
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $257.04 $1,687.00 – $10,997.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $51.95 $19.15 – $72.52
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $76.71 $43.78 – $206.91
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $270.81 $2,747.00 – $8,621.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $865.47 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $235.11 $3,982.87 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $611.49 $8,222.00 – $20,799.00

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