Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$521.97

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.

$1,905.00

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.

$102.69 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $102.69 ↓ -80%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $201.41 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|< 21 $294.12 ↓ -44%
United Medicaid|> 21 $294.12 ↓ -44%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $323.53 ↓ -38%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $552.95 ↑ +6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $558.96 ↑ +7%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $640.85 ↑ +23%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $673.53 ↑ +29%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $673.53 ↑ +29%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $750.71 ↑ +44%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $858.17 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
United Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $910.04 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $910.04 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $937.34 ↑ +80%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $988.74 ↑ +89%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,001.04 ↑ +92%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,137.55 ↑ +118%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,264.72 ↑ +142%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,365.06 ↑ +162%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,373.25 ↑ +163%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,373.25 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,464.80 ↑ +181%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,519.73 ↑ +191%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,831.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,831.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,831.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|HMO $1,831.00 ↑ +251%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +534%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00 ↑ +647%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +708%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +719%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +720%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +892%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +892%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +892%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +924%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +978%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +1098%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +1161%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +1198%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00 ↑ +1254%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +1334%

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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $718.76 $443.07 – $1,617.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $986.34 $951.25 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $791.38 $294.12 – $1,687.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $724.81 $294.12 – $1,687.56
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $700.82 $294.12 – $1,467.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $673.08 $294.12 – $1,448.86
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