Dipyridamole injection 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

$14.53

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.

$53.00

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.

$2.42 with WCMG vs $22.00 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $2.42 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $4.07 ↓ -72%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -71%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $4.75 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4.75 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.02 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.39 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $6.39 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.39 ↓ -56%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $6.89 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.24 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.24 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.24 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $8.93 ↓ -39%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -38%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.91 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12.54 ↓ -14%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $16.28 ↑ +12%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↑ +14%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↑ +14%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $17.60 ↑ +21%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $18.26 ↑ +26%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $20.46 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22.00 ↑ +51%

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Dipyridamole injection at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $19.67 $2.52 – $17.60
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $12.65 $4.51 – $14.76
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $71.58 $9.12 – $37.24
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $26.78 $4.75 – $20.05
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $11.70 $0.86 – $23.66
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $27.25 $4.09 – $20.58
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $33.31 $4.04 – $85.83
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $9.47 $3.37 – $22.63

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