Hemoglobin 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

$29.05

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.

$106.00

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.

$2.07 with Partnership Health Plan vs $87.98 with MultiPlan — 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 $2.07 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $2.23 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2.37 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2.37 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2.44 ↓ -92%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2.61 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $2.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2.84 ↓ -90%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2.96 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|< 21 $2.97 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|> 21 $2.97 ↓ -90%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $3.27 ↓ -89%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3.56 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $3.89 ↓ -87%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $5.02 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5.25 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -77%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.80 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.90 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8.90 ↓ -69%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $11.66 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $32.86 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $37.10 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $41.63 ↑ +43%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $42.40 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $43.46 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $44.52 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $52.02 ↑ +79%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $57.24 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $58.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $62.54 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $65.72 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $69.96 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $72.83 ↑ +151%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $79.50 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $79.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $84.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87.98 ↑ +203%

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Hemoglobin at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $67.89 $1.89 – $6.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $10.13 $0.47 – $7.76
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $34.68 $2.32 – $19.29
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $70.62 $2.37 – $6.86
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $23.98 $2.37 – $32.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $64.68 $1.89 – $7.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $53.80 $2.37 – $83.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $53.22 $2.37 – $82.16

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