Change nephroureteral cath at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498
$1,978.01
Cash price 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.
$7,219.00
Gross charge 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.
$80.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $80.86 | ↓ -96% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $518.22 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $518.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $626.45 | ↓ -68% |
| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $762.30 | ↓ -61% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $849.01 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $858.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,304.16 | ↓ -34% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,304.16 | ↓ -34% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,941.88 | ↓ -2% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $2,425.50 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,538.51 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|PPO | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|HMO | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,772.71 | ↑ +40% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,841.30 | ↑ +44% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $2,961.14 | ↑ +50% |
| BlueShield | Medicare|Trauma | $3,364.94 | ↑ +70% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $3,742.20 | ↑ +89% |
| Prison Healthcare | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,037.93 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $4,430.00 | ↑ +124% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $5,178.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,178.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $5,178.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,197.50 | ↑ +163% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,197.50 | ↑ +163% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,544.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $5,645.00 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $5,727.00 | ↑ +190% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,751.90 | ↑ +191% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,780.00 | ↑ +192% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $6,930.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $6,930.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,930.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,930.00 | ↑ +250% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $7,209.00 | ↑ +264% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $7,528.00 | ↑ +281% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $8,370.00 | ↑ +323% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $8,811.00 | ↑ +345% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $9,011.00 | ↑ +356% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $9,068.00 | ↑ +358% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $10,485.00 | ↑ +430% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $12,615.00 | ↑ +538% |
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Change nephroureteral cath at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $1,196.62 | $637.41 – $4,655.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,513.65 | $518.22 – $5,587.96 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $2,302.22 | $518.22 – $5,587.96 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $2,138.08 | $518.22 – $4,609.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,211.91 | $518.22 – $4,552.77 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $4,256.97 | $2,688.58 – $9,858.00 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $2,020.08 | $451.60 – $2,472.00 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,395.07 | $2,908.69 – $4,737.00 |