Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$37.54

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.

$137.00

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.

$2.61 with United vs $113.71 with MultiPlan — 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 $2.61 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2.61 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|< 21 $2.61 ↓ -93%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $2.87 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $4.91 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $4.96 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -84%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8.90 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.44 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $9.44 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $9.44 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $9.72 ↓ -74%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $10.38 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|HMO $11.33 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.33 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11.33 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11.33 ↓ -70%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $11.80 ↓ -69%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -62%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $15.07 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $20.92 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.89 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.55 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.55 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.55 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $41.51 ↑ +11%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $42.47 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $47.95 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $51.87 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $54.80 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $56.17 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $57.54 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $72.63 ↑ +93%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $73.98 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $75.35 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $80.83 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $84.94 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $90.42 ↑ +141%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $102.75 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $102.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $109.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $113.71 ↑ +203%

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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $22.34 $3.95 – $39.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $16.18 $1.64 – $4.31
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $159.12 $9.25 – $19.23
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $65.92 $2.61 – $24.34
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $55.95 $2.61 – $19.60
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $60.37 $2.61 – $28.61
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $13.11 $2.61 – $27.14
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $12.96 $2.61 – $27.14

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