Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$553.76

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.

$2,021.00

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.

$81.50 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 $81.50 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|> 21 $107.65 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $107.65 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $118.42 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $141.09 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $186.67 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $204.54 ↓ -63%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $246.52 ↓ -55%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $246.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $299.53 ↓ -46%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $317.64 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $317.64 ↓ -43%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $317.64 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $327.17 ↓ -41%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $349.40 ↓ -37%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $397.05 ↓ -28%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $462.90 ↓ -16%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $476.46 ↓ -14%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $593.95 ↑ +7%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $695.77 ↑ +26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $916.38 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $1,196.32 ↑ +116%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,272.75 ↑ +130%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,272.75 ↑ +130%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,357.60 ↑ +145%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,408.51 ↑ +154%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,494.89 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,697.00 ↑ +206%
United Commercial|HMO $1,697.00 ↑ +206%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,697.00 ↑ +206%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,200.00 ↑ +478%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,805.00 ↑ +948%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +2961%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +2961%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $382.38 $162.86 – $680.94
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $388.22 $21.73 – $123.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $724.20 $321.54 – $554.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $767.84 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $165.17 $64.16 – $243.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $703.25 $107.65 – $1,758.12
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $505.31 $107.65 – $1,000.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $609.96 $107.65 – $987.50

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