Herpes simplex 2 ag if 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

$34.25

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.

$125.00

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.

$10.10 with Partnership Health Plan vs $125.00 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $10.10 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|< 21 $10.10 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|> 21 $10.10 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $11.11 ↓ -68%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $11.30 ↓ -67%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $11.98 ↓ -65%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
United Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $11.98 ↓ -65%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $11.98 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $12.34 ↓ -64%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $13.18 ↓ -62%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $13.75 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $14.38 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Options PPO $14.38 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $14.38 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $14.38 ↓ -58%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $14.98 ↓ -56%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $17.97 ↓ -48%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $18.99 ↓ -45%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $19.19 ↓ -44%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $23.13 ↓ -32%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $23.13 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $26.54 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.39 ↑ +3%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $38.75 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $43.75 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $50.00 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $51.25 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $52.50 ↑ +53%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $67.50 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $68.75 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $73.75 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $77.50 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $82.50 ↑ +141%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $93.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $93.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $100.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $100.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $103.75 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $125.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $125.00 ↑ +265%

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Herpes simplex 2 ag if at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $15.53 $9.58 – $30.88
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $14.22 $6.55 – $36.30
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $28.22 $10.10 – $23.77
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley $62.13 $10.10 – $111.72
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City $13.21 $7.98 – $41.72
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $10.43 $6.07 – $50.50
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $9.49 $4.85 – $50.50
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $7.91 $4.85 – $26.73

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