Injection for ureter x-ray 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

$107.41

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$392.00

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.

$41.47 with WCMG vs $7,484.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $41.47 ↓ -61%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $71.81 ↓ -33%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $131.95 ↑ +23%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $154.57 ↑ +44%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $203.58 ↑ +90%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $282.75 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $282.75 ↑ +163%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $301.60 ↑ +181%
United Medicaid|> 21 $308.45 ↑ +187%
United Medicaid|< 21 $308.45 ↑ +187%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $312.91 ↑ +191%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|HMO $377.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Options PPO $377.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $377.00 ↑ +251%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $377.00 ↑ +251%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +3882%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +4721%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +4721%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +4721%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +4877%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +6868%

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Injection for ureter x-ray at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $156.37 $96.39 – $357.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $964.72 $308.45 – $2,208.92
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $883.57 $308.45 – $2,208.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $935.30 $308.45 – $2,243.69
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $925.21 $308.45 – $2,495.79
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $705.02 $244.44 – $1,164.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $334.56 $542.12 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $512.16 $1,200.00 – $5,357.00

All California hospitals for this procedure →