Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) 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

$5,977.59

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.

$21,816.00

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.

$62.33 with Western Health Advantage vs $576.85 with MultiPlan — 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
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $62.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $64.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $71.22 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $75.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $75.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
United Medicare|All Plans $75.52 ↓ -99%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $76.45 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $77.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $80.68 ↓ -99%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $83.07 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $86.38 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $86.38 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $90.49 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Options PPO $91.77 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|HMO $91.77 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $91.77 ↓ -98%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $94.40 ↓ -98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $112.83 ↓ -98%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $113.28 ↓ -98%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $119.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $170.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $185.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $185.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $185.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $227.75 ↓ -96%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $228.05 ↓ -96%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $284.95 ↓ -95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $375.30 ↓ -94%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $521.25 ↓ -91%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $521.25 ↓ -91%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $556.00 ↓ -91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $576.85 ↓ -90%

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Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $5,611.88 $73.02 – $14,029.68
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $5,617.62 $57.84 – $637.32
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $3,600.00 $54.11 – $3,535.15
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento $4,755.89 $54.42 – $556.00
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom $8,486.43 $41.21 – $3,483.36
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland $5,977.59 $58.16 – $4,248.00
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $6,283.01 $54.42 – $576.85
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $4,777.71 $73.02 – $5,635.00

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