Fo nontorsion joint cf 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

$112.89

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.

$412.00

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.

$45.32 with WCMG vs $399.64 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $45.32 ↓ -60%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $94.76 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $94.76 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $94.76 ↓ -16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $98.88 ↓ -12%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $103.00 ↓ -9%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $107.12 ↓ -5%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $115.36 ↑ +2%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $115.36 ↑ +2%
United Medicaid|> 21 $126.38 ↑ +12%
United Medicaid|< 21 $126.38 ↑ +12%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $139.02 ↑ +23%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $160.68 ↑ +42%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $164.80 ↑ +46%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $214.24 ↑ +90%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $218.36 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|HMO $230.72 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|Options PPO $230.72 ↑ +104%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $230.72 ↑ +104%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $267.80 ↑ +137%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $267.80 ↑ +137%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $292.52 ↑ +159%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $309.00 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $309.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $321.36 ↑ +185%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $329.60 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $337.84 ↑ +199%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $337.84 ↑ +199%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $341.96 ↑ +203%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $350.20 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $350.20 ↑ +210%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $350.20 ↑ +210%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $370.80 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $370.80 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $370.80 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $379.04 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $399.64 ↑ +254%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $399.64 ↑ +254%

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Fo nontorsion joint cf at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $86.89 $101.50 – $198.94
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $79.58 $38.57 – $198.94
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $298.35 $126.38 – $663.00
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $89.82 $94.76 – $366.68
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $160.27 $45.32 – $395.52
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $112.89 $45.32 – $412.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $118.66 $94.76 – $370.80
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro $35.00 $241.15 – $446.13

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