Injection epidural blood patch or clot 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

$1,019.83

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.

$3,722.00

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.

$87.15 with United 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $87.15 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $87.15 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $114.23 ↓ -89%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $142.79 ↓ -86%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $151.13 ↓ -85%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $155.54 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $206.99 ↓ -80%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $314.62 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $314.62 ↓ -69%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $468.45 ↓ -54%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $494.90 ↓ -51%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $579.74 ↓ -43%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $763.56 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $858.17 ↓ -16%
United Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $910.04 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $910.04 ↓ -11%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $910.04 ↓ -11%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $937.34 ↓ -8%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,001.04 ↓ -2%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $1,060.50 ↑ +4%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,060.50 ↑ +4%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,131.20 ↑ +11%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,137.55 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,173.62 ↑ +15%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,365.06 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|HMO $1,414.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,414.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,414.00 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,414.00 ↑ +39%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +225%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $3,898.00 ↑ +282%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +314%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +319%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +320%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +408%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +408%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +408%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +424%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +452%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +513%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +546%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +564%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $7,070.00 ↑ +593%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +634%

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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $838.34 $107.19 – $1,617.30
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $651.93 $125.32 – $502.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $2,916.18 $951.25 – $2,695.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,639.24 $87.15 – $2,991.94
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $188.48 $73.22 – $277.34
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,457.85 $87.15 – $1,826.72
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,127.47 $87.15 – $1,558.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,115.32 $87.15 – $2,400.81

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