Coombs direct 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

$54.26

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.

$198.00

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.

$2.64 with WCMG vs $117.09 with Prison Healthcare — 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 $2.64 ↓ -95%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.79 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|HMO $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.47 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.87 ↓ -87%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $7.44 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $7.56 ↓ -86%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.40 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $9.01 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.60 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.84 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $10.08 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.92 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $12.90 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.96 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $13.20 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $14.16 ↓ -74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.88 ↓ -73%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -71%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $15.84 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.90 ↓ -71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $18.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $19.20 ↓ -65%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $19.20 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.92 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $20.23 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.23 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $20.23 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $22.64 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $24.00 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $24.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $24.72 ↓ -54%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $26.40 ↓ -51%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $30.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $78.06 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $78.06 ↑ +44%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $117.09 ↑ +116%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $90.67 $5.83 – $43.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $80.90 $1.08 – $7.90
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $85.17 $10.78 – $79.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $141.57 $6.18 – $16.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $97.24 $5.39 – $27.01
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $129.66 $4.32 – $16.31
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.30 $6.47 – $26.25
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $110.10 $6.47 – $26.25

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