Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$72.61

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.

$265.00

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.

$19.93 with United vs $16,950.00 with United — 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $19.93 ↓ -73%
United Medicaid|> 21 $19.93 ↓ -73%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $21.92 ↓ -70%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $24.93 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $36.92 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $37.47 ↓ -48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $37.87 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $39.15 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $39.15 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $39.15 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $40.32 ↓ -44%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $43.06 ↓ -41%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $45.64 ↓ -37%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $48.94 ↓ -33%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $58.73 ↓ -19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $78.05 ↑ +7%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $85.70 ↑ +18%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $91.43 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $120.42 ↑ +66%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $167.25 ↑ +130%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $167.25 ↑ +130%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $178.40 ↑ +146%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $185.09 ↑ +155%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $223.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|HMO $223.00 ↑ +207%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +23244%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +23244%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $88.04 $30.15 – $148.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $33.39 $19.93 – $76.44
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $139.86 $19.93 – $205.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $30.58 $19.93 – $76.44
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $67.16 $19.93 – $144.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.43 $19.93 – $142.99
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $160.46 $28.10 – $224.80
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $112.20 not published

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