Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$3.84

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.

$14.00

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.

$1.54 with WCMG vs $15.08 with Cigna — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1.54 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4.34 ↑ +13%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $4.53 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4.81 ↑ +25%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4.90 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $5.10 ↑ +33%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $5.10 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↑ +33%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $5.25 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5.60 ↑ +46%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $5.61 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $5.74 ↑ +49%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5.88 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.12 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.12 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|HMO $6.12 ↑ +59%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.12 ↑ +59%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $6.38 ↑ +66%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.50 ↑ +69%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.50 ↑ +69%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $7.15 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $7.56 ↑ +97%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $7.65 ↑ +99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7.70 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8.26 ↑ +115%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8.52 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8.68 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9.24 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +173%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +173%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $11.20 ↑ +192%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $11.31 ↑ +195%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $11.62 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $13.38 ↑ +248%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $14.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $14.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $14.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.00 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $15.08 ↑ +293%

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6.14 $3.78 – $13.55
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.64 $1.02 – $16.49
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $16.17 $5.00 – $41.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $6.00 $5.10 – $13.72
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $9.33 $5.10 – $13.72
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5.49 $3.78 – $15.47
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5.20 $5.10 – $14.68
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5.14 $5.10 – $14.68

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