Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$206.05

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$752.00

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$78.76 with WCMG vs $12,615.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $78.76 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|> 21 $230.70 ↑ +12%
United Medicaid|< 21 $230.70 ↑ +12%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $250.60 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $287.77 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $293.56 ↑ +42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
United Medicare|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $305.16 ↑ +48%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $305.16 ↑ +48%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $305.16 ↑ +48%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $314.31 ↑ +53%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $319.13 ↑ +55%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $335.68 ↑ +63%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $377.96 ↑ +83%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $381.45 ↑ +85%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $386.64 ↑ +88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $400.03 ↑ +94%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $457.74 ↑ +122%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $537.00 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $537.00 ↑ +161%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $547.90 ↑ +166%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $572.80 ↑ +178%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $594.28 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $716.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $716.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $716.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Options PPO $716.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $716.00 ↑ +247%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $716.00 ↑ +247%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $716.00 ↑ +247%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,200.00 ↑ +1453%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,430.00 ↑ +2050%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +2413%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +2413%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +2413%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,645.00 ↑ +2640%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,727.00 ↑ +2679%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $5,805.00 ↑ +2717%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +3399%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7,528.00 ↑ +3553%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8,370.00 ↑ +3962%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8,811.00 ↑ +4176%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +4273%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,068.00 ↑ +4301%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +6022%

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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $342.96 $211.41 – $610.74
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $782.85 $319.18 – $2,570.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,738.08 $336.29 – $7,483.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,349.46 $304.63 – $8,018.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $656.37 $319.12 – $3,982.87
Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna $972.06 $1,333.00 – $20,799.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $1,119.96 $329.57 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $487.20 $258.93 – $6,920.00

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