Incisn windpipe 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

$2,820.56

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.

$10,294.00

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.

$230.70 with United vs $12,814.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $230.70 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $230.70 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $297.53 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $377.96 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $400.03 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $547.90 ↓ -81%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $832.78 ↓ -70%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $832.78 ↓ -70%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,078.44 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,240.00 ↓ -56%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,431.40 ↑ +22%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $4,018.80 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,019.64 ↑ +43%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $4,261.72 ↑ +51%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $4,389.57 ↑ +56%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $4,687.89 ↑ +66%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,294.16 ↑ +88%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $5,327.15 ↑ +89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,260.00 ↑ +122%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $6,392.58 ↑ +127%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +156%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +157%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +157%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,353.00 ↑ +161%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,353.00 ↑ +161%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,843.20 ↑ +178%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $7,977.00 ↑ +183%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $8,094.00 ↑ +187%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,137.32 ↑ +189%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +219%
United Commercial|Options PPO $9,804.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $9,804.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,804.00 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|HMO $9,804.00 ↑ +248%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $10,639.00 ↑ +277%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $11,829.00 ↑ +319%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $12,452.00 ↑ +341%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +347%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $12,770.00 ↑ +353%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $12,814.00 ↑ +354%

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Incisn windpipe at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $5,792.07 $3,632.00 – $6,619.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $704.63 $230.70 – $1,036.84
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $3,280.39 $230.70 – $7,073.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $3,245.02 $230.70 – $6,985.18
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $6,268.92 $4,707.49 – $16,652.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $5,598.78 $4,264.23 – $16,652.00
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $6,726.38 $1,178.00 – $9,424.00
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $2,901.90 $4,417.00 – $5,198.77

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