Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site 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

$40.56

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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.

$148.00

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.

$8.80 with United vs $133.63 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.80 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.80 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|HMO $8.80 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.80 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $9.72 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $16.08 ↓ -60%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $16.28 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $18.16 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $18.16 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $18.16 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $21.44 ↓ -47%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $21.74 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|> 21 $21.74 ↓ -46%
United Medicaid|< 21 $21.74 ↓ -46%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $23.91 ↓ -41%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $40.87 ↑ +1%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $41.31 ↑ +2%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $49.78 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $49.78 ↑ +23%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $51.80 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $60.68 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $76.38 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $79.92 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $95.44 ↑ +135%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $111.00 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $111.00 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $118.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $122.84 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $133.63 ↑ +229%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $45.90 $14.44 – $35.39
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $62.06 $8.80 – $142.10
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $6.13 $1.82 – $7.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $56.84 $8.80 – $142.10
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $86.08 $5.92 – $20.87
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $85.15 $5.92 – $20.87
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $42.84 $14.44 – $46.94
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $42.33 $14.44 – $50.72

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