Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$556.77

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.

$2,032.00

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.

$223.52 with WCMG vs $7,251.00 with Aetna — 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 $223.52 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $711.20 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $766.15 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $812.46 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $812.46 ↑ +46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $812.46 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $833.12 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $836.83 ↑ +50%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $893.71 ↑ +61%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,015.58 ↑ +82%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,016.00 ↑ +82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,016.00 ↑ +82%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,097.28 ↑ +97%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,218.69 ↑ +119%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,524.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,524.00 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,625.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,686.56 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|HMO $2,032.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,032.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,032.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,032.00 ↑ +265%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +495%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00 ↑ +600%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +658%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +669%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +910%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +1023%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +1083%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +1117%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00 ↑ +1170%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +1202%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +1202%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +1202%

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,322.94 $845.36 – $2,695.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $563.92 $410.40 – $1,216.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $557.84 $760.00 – $1,200.80
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,009.80 $890.68 – $5,592.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,641.40 $806.82 – $5,835.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $602.82 $845.19 – $5,198.77
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $981.24 $3,331.00 – $25,998.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $5,139.27 $872.87 – $2,741.00

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