Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional 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

$12.88

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$47.00

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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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$3.46 with Partnership Health Plan vs $47.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $3.46 ↓ -73%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $3.70 ↓ -71%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $3.92 ↓ -70%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $3.92 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -70%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4.04 ↓ -69%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4.70 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $4.70 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4.70 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4.70 ↓ -64%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $4.90 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4.96 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4.96 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.17 ↓ -60%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5.46 ↓ -58%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $5.88 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.50 ↓ -50%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $7.87 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $8.69 ↓ -33%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $11.36 ↓ -12%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $11.36 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.58 ↓ -10%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $14.57 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.74 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.74 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.74 ↑ +14%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $16.45 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $18.80 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $19.27 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $19.74 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $25.38 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $25.85 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $27.73 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $29.14 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $31.02 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $35.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.25 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $37.60 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $37.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $39.01 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $47.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $47.00 ↑ +265%

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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $48.62 $3.92 – $12.24
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $7.51 $0.78 – $11.64
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $46.92 $3.84 – $32.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $38.10 $3.92 – $14.70
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $3.92 – $9.61
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $34.89 $3.92 – $14.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $50.83 $3.92 – $12.80
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $50.28 $3.92 – $12.64

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