Heinz bodies induced 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

$15.55

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.

$56.75

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.

$6.06 with Partnership Health Plan vs $56.75 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.06 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $6.25 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6.43 ↓ -59%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $6.82 ↓ -56%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $6.82 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.82 ↓ -56%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7.02 ↓ -55%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $7.50 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|HMO $8.18 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8.18 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8.18 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.18 ↓ -47%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $8.53 ↓ -45%
United Medicaid|> 21 $8.69 ↓ -44%
United Medicaid|< 21 $8.69 ↓ -44%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.56 ↓ -39%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $10.23 ↓ -34%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $11.39 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $15.09 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.70 ↑ +7%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $17.60 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $19.87 ↑ +28%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $19.90 ↑ +28%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $19.90 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.13 ↑ +29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $22.70 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $23.27 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $23.84 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $25.68 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.68 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.68 ↑ +65%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $30.65 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $31.22 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $33.49 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $35.19 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $37.46 ↑ +141%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $42.57 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $42.57 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $45.40 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $45.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $47.11 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $56.75 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $56.75 ↑ +265%

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Heinz bodies induced at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $21.88 $6.82 – $38.96
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $22.48 $6.82 – $61.03
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $13.94 $6.82 – $49.94
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $30.93 $6.82 – $55.62
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $12.38 $6.06 – $45.40
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $22.08 $6.06 – $46.54
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $15.55 $6.06 – $56.75
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $16.35 $6.06 – $47.11

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