Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution 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

$21.38

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$78.00

Gross charge

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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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$1.25 with Partnership Health Plan vs $49.80 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1.25 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $1.33 ↓ -94%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $1.38 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1.75 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.95 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1.95 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $1.95 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $2.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2.68 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2.68 ↓ -87%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $2.86 ↓ -87%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $2.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $2.91 ↓ -86%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3.15 ↓ -85%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $3.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3.55 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.88 ↓ -82%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5.55 ↓ -74%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $6.60 ↓ -69%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $9.38 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $10.70 ↓ -50%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $24.60 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $27.74 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $32.40 ↑ +52%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $34.67 ↑ +62%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +110%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.00 ↑ +110%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $48.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $48.49 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.80 ↑ +133%

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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $57.38 $1.42 – $19.60
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $65.33 $2.51 – $21.65
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $42.80 $1.75 – $29.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $21.17 $1.25 – $29.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $20.04 $1.25 – $43.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $19.82 $1.56 – $42.66
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $65.33 $2.51 – $23.43
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $65.33 $2.69 – $27.95

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