Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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

$463.06

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$1,690.00

Gross charge

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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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$111.72 with United vs $16,950.00 with United — 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

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
United Medicaid|> 21 $111.72 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|< 21 $111.72 ↓ -76%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $121.32 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $183.04 ↓ -60%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $185.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $193.88 ↓ -58%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $194.83 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $205.60 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $205.60 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $211.77 ↓ -54%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $226.16 ↓ -51%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $257.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $265.34 ↓ -43%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $308.40 ↓ -33%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $405.60 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $405.60 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $564.13 ↑ +22%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $591.50 ↑ +28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $600.51 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $692.90 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $752.23 ↑ +62%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $912.60 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,267.50 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,267.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,352.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,352.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,402.70 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,690.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $1,690.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,690.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,690.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +3560%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +3560%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $700.80 $137.42 – $1,111.20
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $402.99 $31.29 – $429.71
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $700.23 $290.98 – $648.99
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $566.25 $111.72 – $1,168.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $2,565.44 $111.72 – $473.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $406.12 $111.72 – $771.60
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $330.57 $111.72 – $732.03
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $327.00 $111.72 – $732.03

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