Insert hepatic shunt (tips) 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

$2,933.72

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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.

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.

$10,707.00

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.

$545.05 with United vs $22,550.00 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 $545.05 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|< 21 $545.05 ↓ -81%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $599.55 ↓ -80%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $789.98 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,024.69 ↓ -65%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,035.27 ↓ -65%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,177.77 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,248.16 ↓ -57%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,248.16 ↓ -57%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,343.72 ↓ -20%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,747.45 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +44%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,389.87 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,781.78 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +113%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +124%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +131%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,030.25 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,030.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,565.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,886.81 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10,707.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $10,707.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $10,707.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $10,707.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12,886.00 ↑ +339%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16,107.00 ↑ +449%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $21,752.00 ↑ +641%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $21,752.00 ↑ +641%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $21,752.00 ↑ +641%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22,550.00 ↑ +669%

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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $3,730.89 $824.60 – $6,644.04
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $7,354.33 $544.88 – $6,198.50
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $6,539.35 $544.88 – $6,309.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $10,678.13 $545.05 – $25,615.98
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $10,563.00 $545.05 – $28,494.18
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $10,409.37 $544.88 – $29,457.96
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $26,842.32 $2,238.00 – $26,028.38
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $9,475.68 $5,171.00 – $43,618.46

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