Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$227.70

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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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$831.00

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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.

$52.84 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $52.84 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|> 21 $67.50 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|< 21 $67.50 ↓ -70%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $87.78 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $110.58 ↓ -51%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $117.04 ↓ -49%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $160.30 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $243.66 ↑ +7%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $243.66 ↑ +7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $279.30 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $301.38 ↑ +32%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
United Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $319.60 ↑ +40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $319.60 ↑ +40%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $319.60 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $327.18 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $329.19 ↑ +45%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $351.56 ↑ +54%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $362.80 ↑ +59%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $399.50 ↑ +75%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $430.92 ↑ +89%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $479.40 ↑ +111%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $598.50 ↑ +163%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $598.50 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $638.40 ↑ +180%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $662.34 ↑ +191%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $798.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|HMO $798.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|Options PPO $798.00 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $798.00 ↑ +250%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1,022.00 ↑ +349%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,303.00 ↑ +472%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,322.00 ↑ +481%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,737.00 ↑ +663%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,932.00 ↑ +748%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $2,033.00 ↑ +793%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $2,093.00 ↑ +819%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,200.00 ↑ +1305%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +1778%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +2174%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +2174%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +2174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +2248%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,805.00 ↑ +2449%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +3187%

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $212.87 $83.03 – $539.32
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $207.76 $48.64 – $386.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,014.39 $336.70 – $1,687.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $381.35 $67.50 – $873.18
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $99.90 $36.74 – $139.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $339.08 $67.50 – $824.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $324.26 $67.50 – $503.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $320.76 $67.50 – $496.91

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