Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$464.98

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.

$1,697.00

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.

$103.19 with Hill Physicians 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $103.19 ↓ -78%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $186.67 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|> 21 $215.30 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|< 21 $215.30 ↓ -54%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $236.83 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $282.19 ↓ -39%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $299.53 ↓ -36%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $317.64 ↓ -32%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $317.64 ↓ -32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -32%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $327.17 ↓ -30%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $349.40 ↓ -25%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $397.05 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $409.07 ↓ -12%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $476.46 ↑ +2%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $493.04 ↑ +6%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $493.04 ↑ +6%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $593.95 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $695.77 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $916.38 ↑ +97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $925.80 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,272.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,272.75 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,357.60 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,357.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,408.51 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,697.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,697.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $1,697.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,697.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,200.00 ↑ +588%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,805.00 ↑ +1148%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +3545%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +3545%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,911.00 $307.13 – $3,403.14
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $627.76 $38.13 – $247.66
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,435.65 $321.54 – $1,098.32
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $783.24 $215.30 – $1,793.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,082.25 $215.30 – $1,592.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $717.36 $215.30 – $1,688.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $528.68 $215.30 – $1,140.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $697.30 $215.30 – $1,125.75

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