Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$60.28

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.

$220.00

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.

$5.19 with BCBS - Anthem vs $63.84 with Cigna — 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
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $5.19 ↓ -91%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.49 ↓ -89%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $9.08 ↓ -85%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $11.81 ↓ -80%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $18.84 ↓ -69%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $18.84 ↓ -69%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $20.50 ↓ -66%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $21.81 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $24.35 ↓ -60%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.04 ↓ -58%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -55%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $27.54 ↓ -54%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $27.59 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Options PPO $34.55 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34.55 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $34.55 ↓ -43%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↓ -38%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $40.00 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $41.50 ↓ -31%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $42.05 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.16 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $44.16 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $44.16 ↓ -27%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $47.08 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $47.87 ↓ -21%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $49.74 ↓ -17%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -17%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $50.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $63.84 ↑ +6%

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $29.35 $4.33 – $43.07
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $128.14 $4.05 – $44.25
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $32.10 $7.18 – $52.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $138.41 $53.77 – $203.66
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $14.58 – $52.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $81.25 $10.09 – $25.04
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $27.53 $4.40 – $11.00
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $296.63 $4.39 – $44.25

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