Cmv pcr-sendout 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

$10.96

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.

$40.00

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.

$4.40 with WCMG vs $103.63 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $4.40 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $12.40 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $16.00 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $16.40 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $16.80 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $22.00 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $23.60 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $24.80 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $26.40 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +174%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $31.19 ↑ +185%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $32.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $32.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $33.09 ↑ +202%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $33.20 ↑ +203%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $35.09 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $35.09 ↑ +220%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.09 ↑ +220%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $36.14 ↑ +230%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $38.60 ↑ +252%
United Medicaid|> 21 $40.00 ↑ +265%
United Medicaid|< 21 $40.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $40.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $40.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $40.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $40.00 ↑ +265%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $43.86 ↑ +300%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $52.64 ↑ +380%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $77.71 ↑ +609%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.63 ↑ +846%

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Cmv pcr-sendout at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $17.52 $10.80 – $93.11
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.41 $7.02 – $51.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $147.90 $34.39 – $277.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $47.08 $20.00 – $90.42
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $58.43 $35.09 – $85.98
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $43.12 $10.80 – $106.29
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $84.22 $20.00 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $83.31 $20.00 – $100.84

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