Consult comp w/report rfrd material 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

$73.44

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.

$268.00

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.

$29.48 with WCMG vs $400.60 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 $29.48 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $93.80 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $101.51 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $109.88 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $135.07 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $144.72 ↑ +97%
United Medicaid|< 21 $145.61 ↑ +98%
United Medicaid|> 21 $145.61 ↑ +98%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $160.17 ↑ +118%
United Commercial|Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +144%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +144%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↑ +144%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↑ +144%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $190.84 ↑ +160%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $201.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $201.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $212.34 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $214.40 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $214.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $222.44 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $225.18 ↑ +207%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
United Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $225.18 ↑ +207%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +207%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $231.94 ↑ +216%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $247.70 ↑ +237%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $268.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $268.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $268.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $268.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $268.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $268.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $268.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $268.00 ↑ +265%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $281.48 ↑ +283%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $300.43 ↑ +309%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $337.77 ↑ +360%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $400.60 ↑ +445%

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Consult comp w/report rfrd material at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $76.38 $34.27 – $175.57
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $307.53 $98.94 – $494.67
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $271.23 $145.61 – $621.03
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $248.42 $145.61 – $621.03
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $51.20 $34.50 – $389.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.65 $34.50 – $389.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $402.90 $98.94 – $625.14
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $226.44 $98.94 – $708.91

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