Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

$590.47

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.

$2,155.00

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.

$77.20 with Hill Physicians vs $1,788.65 with MultiPlan — 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 $77.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $131.77 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $139.74 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $139.74 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $139.74 ↓ -76%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $143.93 ↓ -76%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $153.71 ↓ -74%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $174.68 ↓ -70%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $209.61 ↓ -65%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $237.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $244.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $244.91 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $244.91 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $245.18 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $439.91 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $586.59 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $702.82 ↑ +19%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $754.25 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $878.23 ↑ +49%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $883.55 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,163.70 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,229.65 ↑ +108%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,616.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,616.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,724.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,788.65 ↑ +203%

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $371.43 $135.12 – $661.44
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $489.84 $21.27 – $605.28
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,175.15 $140.89 – $325.68
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $803.36 $135.12 – $1,533.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,332.67 $130.13 – $492.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $587.22 $119.88 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,525.93 $135.12 – $3,290.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,509.48 $135.12 – $3,249.27

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