Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y 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

$1,760.45

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.

$6,425.00

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.

$82.00 with Hill Physicians vs $12,615.00 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 $82.00 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|> 21 $362.99 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|< 21 $362.99 ↓ -79%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $399.29 ↓ -77%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $565.40 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $682.42 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $689.68 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -53%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $831.25 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,560.86 ↓ -11%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,799.00 ↑ +2%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,925.02 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,102.62 ↑ +19%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,107.40 ↑ +20%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,245.52 ↑ +28%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2,551.73 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,775.60 ↑ +58%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,062.07 ↑ +74%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $3,310.00 ↑ +88%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +119%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,855.00 ↑ +119%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,112.00 ↑ +134%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $4,218.00 ↑ +140%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,266.20 ↑ +142%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $4,280.00 ↑ +143%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,746.00 ↑ +170%
United Commercial|Options PPO $5,140.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|HMO $5,140.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $5,140.00 ↑ +192%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $5,140.00 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +194%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +194%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +194%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $5,625.00 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $6,255.00 ↑ +255%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $6,584.00 ↑ +274%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $6,776.00 ↑ +285%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $7,209.00 ↑ +309%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,609.00 ↑ +389%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,011.00 ↑ +412%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,615.00 ↑ +617%

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Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,831.72 $549.17 – $3,734.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $829.98 $310.69 – $1,542.30
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $4,013.19 $1,921.00 – $4,657.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,158.41 $362.99 – $4,794.16
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,976.86 $362.99 – $4,349.24
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,435.40 $362.99 – $3,095.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,419.93 $362.99 – $3,056.51
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $5,483.01 $2,235.08 – $7,455.00

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