Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$651.03

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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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$2,376.00

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.

$67.19 with Hill Physicians vs $7,484.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $67.19 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|> 21 $147.06 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $147.06 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $161.77 ↓ -75%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $240.46 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $276.47 ↓ -58%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $336.77 ↓ -48%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $336.77 ↓ -48%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $632.36 ↓ -3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $668.67 ↑ +3%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $765.10 ↑ +18%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $827.12 ↑ +27%
United Medicare|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $877.12 ↑ +35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $877.12 ↑ +35%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $877.12 ↑ +35%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $896.26 ↑ +38%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $903.43 ↑ +39%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $964.83 ↑ +48%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,096.40 ↑ +68%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,180.44 ↑ +81%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,315.68 ↑ +102%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,639.50 ↑ +152%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,639.50 ↑ +152%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,748.80 ↑ +169%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,814.38 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|HMO $2,186.00 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|Options PPO $2,186.00 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $2,186.00 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,186.00 ↑ +236%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +408%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00 ↑ +499%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +548%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +557%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +557%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +695%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +695%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +695%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +721%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +764%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +861%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +911%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +941%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00 ↑ +986%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +1050%

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $740.66 $222.48 – $1,569.60
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,150.47 $147.06 – $1,590.54
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,067.42 $147.06 – $1,590.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $795.43 $147.06 – $1,393.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,041.18 $147.06 – $1,433.85
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $1,115.37 $534.38 – $6,200.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $4,250.34 $896.84 – $8,018.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,782.53 $147.06 – $1,697.64

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