Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$319.76

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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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$1,167.00

Gross charge

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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.

$33.91 with Hill Physicians vs $1,167.00 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
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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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $33.91 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $63.71 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|< 21 $63.71 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $70.08 ↓ -78%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $97.47 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $119.77 ↓ -63%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $128.37 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $145.90 ↓ -54%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $145.90 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $235.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $235.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $235.62 ↓ -26%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $261.09 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $273.95 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $276.87 ↓ -13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $276.87 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $285.18 ↓ -11%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $304.56 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $344.73 ↑ +8%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $346.09 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Options PPO $347.64 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $347.64 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $347.64 ↑ +9%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $408.45 ↑ +28%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $415.31 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $478.47 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $595.17 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $630.18 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $758.55 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $770.22 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $781.89 ↑ +145%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $793.56 ↑ +148%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $875.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $875.25 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $933.60 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $933.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $968.61 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $980.28 ↑ +207%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,026.96 ↑ +221%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,050.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,050.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,073.64 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $1,167.00 ↑ +265%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $646.49 $68.70 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $343.87 $42.14 – $498.58
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,412.19 $286.64 – $452.98
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $63.71 – $995.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $577.43 $4.14 – $16.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $63.71 – $807.80
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $543.52 $63.71 – $1,201.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $537.66 $63.71 – $1,201.30

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