Change ureter stent percut 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

$2,626.29

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.

$9,585.00

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.

$244.44 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 $244.44 ↓ -91%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,013.87 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|< 21 $1,564.06 ↓ -40%
United Medicaid|> 21 $1,564.06 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1,890.72 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,538.51 ↓ -3%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2,562.42 ↓ -2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.68 ↓ -1%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,691.95 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,772.71 ↑ +6%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,961.14 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,225.95 ↑ +23%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $3,364.94 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,778.97 ↑ +44%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $3,936.14 ↑ +50%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $3,936.14 ↑ +50%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $4,037.93 ↑ +54%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,430.00 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,977.18 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,645.00 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,727.00 ↑ +118%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,780.00 ↑ +120%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5,860.86 ↑ +123%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,912.75 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,912.75 ↑ +163%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,373.60 ↑ +181%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7,528.00 ↑ +187%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,650.11 ↑ +191%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8,370.00 ↑ +219%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8,811.00 ↑ +235%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +243%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,068.00 ↑ +245%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,217.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|HMO $9,217.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,217.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,217.00 ↑ +251%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,485.00 ↑ +299%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +380%

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Change ureter stent percut at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,963.56 $1,210.41 – $4,655.74
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,182.18 $1,564.06 – $7,286.30
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,909.04 $1,564.06 – $7,272.58
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $2,786.59 $1,564.06 – $6,008.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,756.54 $1,564.06 – $5,933.69
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $2,823.29 $941.64 – $4,245.53
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $6,086.85 $2,908.69 – $6,732.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $4,555.20 $2,285.30 – $6,920.00

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