In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain 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

$32.88

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.

$120.00

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.

$13.20 with WCMG vs $312.69 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $49.20 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $64.80 ↑ +97%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $87.58 ↑ +166%
United Medicaid|< 21 $87.58 ↑ +166%
United Medicaid|> 21 $87.58 ↑ +166%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $96.00 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $96.00 ↑ +192%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $96.34 ↑ +193%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $99.60 ↑ +203%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $107.87 ↑ +228%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $120.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $120.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $120.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $120.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $120.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $120.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $120.00 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $234.50 ↑ +613%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $312.69 ↑ +851%

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In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $48.18 $29.70 – $280.96
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $168.80 $53.30 – $144.51
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $129.03 $208.60 – $534.62
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $107.00 $60.00 – $272.84
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $67.94 $26.39 – $99.96
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $98.00 $32.40 – $320.75
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $66.78 $55.00 – $304.30
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $66.06 $55.00 – $304.30

All California hospitals for this procedure →