Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$58.09

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.

$212.00

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.

$2.54 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 $2.54 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $7.15 ↓ -88%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $8.07 ↓ -86%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $9.22 ↓ -84%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.46 ↓ -84%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $9.69 ↓ -83%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $12.45 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $12.68 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $13.60 ↓ -77%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $14.30 ↓ -75%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $15.22 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $17.29 ↓ -70%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $17.29 ↓ -70%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $18.44 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $18.44 ↓ -68%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $19.14 ↓ -67%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $21.74 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $23.05 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $23.05 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $23.05 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.05 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Options PPO $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|< 21 $23.05 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|> 21 $23.05 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $23.05 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $23.75 ↓ -59%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $25.36 ↓ -56%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $28.82 ↓ -50%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $34.58 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $77.71 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $103.63 ↑ +78%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $124.40 $21.63 – $93.11
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $224.91 $34.39 – $336.72
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $140.39 $23.05 – $107.80
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $72.13 $23.05 – $119.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $63.18 $23.05 – $100.84
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $62.50 $23.05 – $100.84
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $204.51 $35.09 – $425.53
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $178.50 $35.09 – $804.29

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