Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$510.19

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.

$1,862.00

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.

$76.70 with Hill Physicians vs $19,089.00 with Cigna — 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 $76.70 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|< 21 $149.91 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $149.91 ↓ -71%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $204.82 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $245.60 ↓ -52%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $261.44 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $348.29 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $348.29 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $348.29 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $356.04 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↓ -19%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $435.87 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $435.87 ↓ -15%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↓ -12%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $479.46 ↓ -6%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $544.26 ↑ +7%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $544.26 ↑ +7%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $544.84 ↑ +7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $651.70 ↑ +28%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $653.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $763.42 ↑ +50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $805.78 ↑ +58%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $949.62 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,005.48 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $1,210.30 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,228.92 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,266.16 ↑ +148%
United Commercial|HMO $1,394.00 ↑ +173%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,396.50 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,396.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,489.60 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,489.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,545.46 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,675.80 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,675.80 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,713.04 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,862.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,862.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,862.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,862.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,862.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,200.00 ↑ +527%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,671.00 ↑ +816%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,805.00 ↑ +1038%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,089.00 ↑ +3642%

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $425.74 $108.73 – $834.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,228.79 $149.91 – $11,311.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $453.55 $149.91 – $667.38
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $984.32 $149.91 – $9,050.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $322.77 $149.91 – $843.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $149.91 – $796.37
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $428.91 $424.83 – $1,333.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $271.07 $97.02 – $1,266.00

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