Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal 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

$997.09

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.

$3,639.00

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.

$200.75 with Hill Physicians vs $12,615.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $200.75 ↓ -80%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $400.29 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|< 21 $594.94 ↓ -40%
United Medicaid|> 21 $594.94 ↓ -40%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $654.43 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,118.49 ↑ +12%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,130.39 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,273.65 ↑ +28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,362.41 ↑ +37%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,362.41 ↑ +37%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,491.99 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,965.06 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2,007.80 ↑ +101%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,129.16 ↑ +114%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,193.03 ↑ +120%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,342.08 ↑ +135%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,558.24 ↑ +157%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2,661.45 ↑ +167%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,729.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,729.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,911.20 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,020.37 ↑ +203%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,193.74 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +232%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,639.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,639.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $3,639.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,639.00 ↑ +265%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +323%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +329%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +464%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $5,780.00 ↑ +480%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +527%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +560%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +580%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +623%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,286.00 ↑ +731%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,286.00 ↑ +731%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,286.00 ↑ +731%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +804%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $10,485.00 ↑ +952%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +1165%

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Drain cath image guided peri/retroperitoneal transvag/transrectal at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,609.22 $900.09 – $3,763.88
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,851.77 $594.94 – $6,529.74
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,430.80 $594.94 – $6,076.98
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,850.92 $594.94 – $3,830.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,830.97 $594.94 – $3,782.52
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $2,128.74 $2,124.23 – $9,858.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,857.87 $594.94 – $2,425.08
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,695.86 $2,238.00 – $4,737.00

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