Fetal fibronectin 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

$296.20

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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.

$1,081.00

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.

$56.19 with Partnership Health Plan vs $1,081.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $56.19 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|> 21 $56.19 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $56.19 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $60.74 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $61.81 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $64.41 ↓ -78%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $64.41 ↓ -78%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $64.41 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $66.34 ↓ -78%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $70.85 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Options PPO $77.29 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $77.29 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $77.29 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $77.29 ↓ -74%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $80.51 ↓ -73%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $96.61 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $105.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $106.76 ↓ -64%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $118.91 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $128.68 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $128.68 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $142.65 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $190.22 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $242.69 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $242.69 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $242.69 ↓ -18%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $335.11 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $378.35 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $432.40 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $443.21 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $454.02 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $583.74 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $594.55 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $637.79 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $670.22 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $713.46 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $810.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $810.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $864.80 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $864.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $897.23 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,081.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,081.00 ↑ +265%

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Fetal fibronectin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $431.87 $64.41 – $200.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $121.44 $12.88 – $188.18
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $820.59 $63.12 – $1,099.14
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,006.23 $51.52 – $230.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $620.72 $56.19 – $913.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $921.60 $51.52 – $230.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $448.54 $56.19 – $589.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $443.71 $56.19 – $582.23

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