Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs 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

$317.57

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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.

$1,159.00

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.

$126.28 with WCMG vs $19,089.00 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 $126.28 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|< 21 $175.62 ↓ -45%
United Medicaid|> 21 $175.62 ↓ -45%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $176.89 ↓ -44%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $287.72 ↓ -9%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $306.26 ↓ -4%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $401.80 ↑ +27%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $411.03 ↑ +29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $417.09 ↑ +31%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $435.87 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|All Plans $435.87 ↑ +37%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $435.87 ↑ +37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $448.95 ↑ +41%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $470.68 ↑ +48%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $479.46 ↑ +51%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $544.84 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $585.48 ↑ +84%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $619.92 ↑ +95%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $637.58 ↑ +101%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $637.58 ↑ +101%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $653.80 ↑ +106%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $746.20 ↑ +135%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $757.68 ↑ +139%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $766.22 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $766.22 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $766.22 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $780.64 ↑ +146%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $861.00 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $861.00 ↑ +171%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $918.40 ↑ +189%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $918.40 ↑ +189%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $943.94 ↑ +197%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $952.84 ↑ +200%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,033.20 ↑ +225%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,033.20 ↑ +225%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,056.16 ↑ +233%
United Commercial|HMO $1,148.00 ↑ +261%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,148.00 ↑ +261%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,148.00 ↑ +261%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,148.00 ↑ +261%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19,089.00 ↑ +5911%

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Ghs chemo infusion >8 hrs at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $310.12 $175.62 – $819.65
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $502.08 $361.10 – $785.93
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $275.01 $175.62 – $1,411.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $413.76 $175.62 – $11,929.00
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $224.16 $361.10 – $785.93
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange $1,100.64 $361.10 – $785.93
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $1,290.32 $349.04 – $2,494.10
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $252.67 $175.62 – $943.94

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