Insert sq defib electrode 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

$2,391.75

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.

$8,729.00

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.

$428.89 with United vs $35,580.00 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 $428.89 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|> 21 $428.89 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $441.30 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $471.78 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $806.31 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $814.89 ↓ -66%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $960.19 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $982.16 ↓ -59%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $982.16 ↓ -59%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,844.23 ↓ -23%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,055.15 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $3,578.89 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $4,713.66 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $6,546.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,546.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $6,983.20 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,245.07 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $8,231.45 ↑ +244%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,286.00 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,286.00 ↑ +246%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,286.00 ↑ +246%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
United Medicare|All Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,729.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $8,990.87 ↑ +276%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $9,601.90 ↑ +301%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $10,875.47 ↑ +355%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $10,875.47 ↑ +355%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $10,911.25 ↑ +356%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $12,714.00 ↑ +432%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $12,886.00 ↑ +439%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $16,107.00 ↑ +573%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $16,313.20 ↑ +582%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $16,598.00 ↑ +594%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $21,162.00 ↑ +785%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $22,550.00 ↑ +843%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22,950.00 ↑ +860%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $23,066.00 ↑ +864%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $29,592.00 ↑ +1137%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $31,379.00 ↑ +1212%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $33,036.00 ↑ +1281%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $35,580.00 ↑ +1388%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $6,502.11 $648.86 – $20,488.56
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $2,374.49 $428.89 – $6,470.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $3,926.96 $428.89 – $11,741.96
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $12,772.00 $428.89 – $24,552.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $2,462.25 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $13,318.59 $386.00 – $21,694.19
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $3,593.45 $4,589.00 – $19,690.54
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $1,902.93 $428.89 – $9,601.90

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