Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device 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

$193.72

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.

$707.00

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.

$15.32 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 $15.32 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $15.32 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $16.85 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $19.81 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $20.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $23.45 ↓ -88%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $35.08 ↓ -82%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $35.08 ↓ -82%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $65.88 ↓ -66%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $77.77 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $247.45 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $252.04 ↑ +30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $267.27 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
United Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $267.27 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $267.27 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $275.29 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $289.87 ↑ +50%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $294.00 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $319.63 ↑ +65%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $334.09 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $360.57 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $381.78 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $399.40 ↑ +106%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $400.90 ↑ +107%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $459.55 ↑ +137%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $480.76 ↑ +148%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $530.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $530.25 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $559.21 ↑ +189%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $565.60 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $565.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $586.81 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $636.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $636.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $650.44 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $707.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $707.00 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,867.00 ↑ +864%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,488.00 ↑ +1184%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +8650%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +8650%

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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $192.72 $21.22 – $480.66
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $110.10 $26.68 – $220.19
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $477.36 $148.11 – $301.12
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $151.09 $11.58 – $746.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $306.36 $15.32 – $90.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $138.38 $11.58 – $1,149.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $87.93 $15.32 – $237.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $86.98 $15.32 – $12,607.00

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