ER Visit (level 2) 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

$372.64

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.

$1,360.00

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.

$34.97 with United vs $12,090.00 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $34.97 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $34.97 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $38.47 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $41.14 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $45.83 ↓ -88%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $66.44 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $80.08 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $80.08 ↓ -79%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $149.60 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $150.37 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $196.24 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $208.10 ↓ -44%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $208.10 ↓ -44%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $208.10 ↓ -44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $214.34 ↓ -42%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $228.91 ↓ -39%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $260.13 ↓ -30%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $312.15 ↓ -16%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $476.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $557.60 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $720.80 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $897.60 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $911.20 ↑ +145%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $992.80 ↑ +166%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,020.00 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,020.00 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $1,060.80 ↑ +185%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,074.40 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,074.40 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,074.40 ↑ +188%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,088.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,128.80 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $1,128.80 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,196.80 ↑ +221%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,224.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,224.00 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,251.20 ↑ +236%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $1,425.00 ↑ +282%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $2,598.00 ↑ +597%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,632.00 ↑ +606%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,290.00 ↑ +783%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,606.00 ↑ +1136%
United Commercial|HMO $5,775.00 ↑ +1450%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6,853.00 ↑ +1739%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6,853.00 ↑ +1739%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,090.00 ↑ +3144%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $556.26 $52.90 – $887.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $502.82 $31.67 – $606.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,094.46 $206.92 – $211.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $510.18 $34.97 – $1,060.36
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $458.88 $31.57 – $119.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $467.27 $34.97 – $1,168.16
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $554.65 $34.97 – $1,225.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $548.67 $34.97 – $1,225.90

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