EKG (Electrocardiogram) 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

$149.61

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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.

$546.00

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.

$15.02 with Hill Physicians 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
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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 $15.02 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $32.93 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|> 21 $32.93 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $53.96 ↓ -64%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $57.43 ↓ -62%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $60.06 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $67.05 ↓ -55%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $119.56 ↓ -20%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $119.56 ↓ -20%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $177.02 ↑ +18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $191.10 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $223.86 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $294.84 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $409.50 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $409.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $436.80 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $436.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $453.18 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|HMO $546.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $546.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $546.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $546.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $16,950.00 ↑ +11229%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16,950.00 ↑ +11229%

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EKG (Electrocardiogram) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $65.79 $46.80 – $124.92
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $35.70 $313.88 – $313.88
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $119.03 $15.02 – $436.80
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $212.40 $15.02 – $447.72
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $149.61 $32.93 – $546.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $157.25 $15.02 – $453.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $114.72 – $218.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $120.15 – $276.14

All California hospitals for this procedure →