Intro cath svc/ivc 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

$1,089.15

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.

$3,975.00

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.

$96.98 with United vs $7,484.00 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 $96.98 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|> 21 $96.98 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $102.04 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $158.88 ↓ -85%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $168.17 ↓ -85%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $230.32 ↓ -79%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $350.10 ↓ -68%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $350.10 ↓ -68%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $415.69 ↓ -62%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $521.25 ↓ -52%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,322.65 ↑ +21%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,549.39 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,040.66 ↑ +87%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,834.25 ↑ +160%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,834.25 ↑ +160%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,023.20 ↑ +178%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,136.57 ↑ +188%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,779.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,779.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|HMO $3,779.00 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,779.00 ↑ +247%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +293%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $5,178.00 ↑ +375%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,178.00 ↑ +375%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $5,178.00 ↑ +375%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +391%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +587%

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Intro cath svc/ivc at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $508.96 $119.29 – $906.36
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $383.92 $96.98 – $804.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $357.12 $96.93 – $351.82
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $565.41 $96.98 – $1,356.36
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $699.14 $96.98 – $1,508.76
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $1,168.92 $2,699.00 – $21,319.00
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,457.07 $96.98 – $624.12
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $812.43 $871.73 – $4,042.00

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