Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

$3,133.74

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.

$11,437.00

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.

$161.43 with Hill Physicians vs $26,437.00 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $161.43 ↓ -95%
United Medicaid|< 21 $518.24 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $518.24 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $570.06 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $974.29 ↓ -69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $984.66 ↓ -69%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,186.77 ↓ -62%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,186.77 ↓ -62%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,231.34 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,925.02 ↓ -39%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $2,041.38 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $2,102.62 ↓ -33%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $2,228.43 ↓ -29%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,245.52 ↓ -28%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $2,551.73 ↓ -19%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $3,062.07 ↓ -2%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,917.90 ↑ +25%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +36%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,589.54 ↑ +46%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,746.00 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +65%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,044.76 ↑ +93%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +139%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $8,395.50 ↑ +168%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,395.50 ↑ +168%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,609.00 ↑ +175%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $8,955.20 ↑ +186%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $9,291.02 ↑ +196%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,194.00 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $11,194.00 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|Options PPO $11,194.00 ↑ +257%
United Commercial|HMO $11,194.00 ↑ +257%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $12,333.00 ↑ +294%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $15,724.00 ↑ +402%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $17,053.00 ↑ +444%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $21,988.00 ↑ +602%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $23,316.00 ↑ +644%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $24,547.00 ↑ +683%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $26,437.00 ↑ +744%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $762.56 $470.07 – $3,482.00
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,842.54 $518.24 – $1,435.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,546.84 $387.45 – $1,435.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,890.25 $518.24 – $2,445.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,869.87 $518.24 – $2,415.03
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $2,628.03 $2,235.08 – $16,692.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,587.63 $2,024.63 – $17,420.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,448.25 $0.80 – $1,414.00

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