Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$14.53

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.

$53.00

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.

$5.83 with WCMG vs $86.86 with Cigna — 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $5.83 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $16.43 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $18.55 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $21.20 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $21.73 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $22.26 ↑ +53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $25.16 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $28.62 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $29.15 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $31.27 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $32.86 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $34.98 ↑ +141%
United Medicaid|> 21 $36.09 ↑ +148%
United Medicaid|< 21 $36.09 ↑ +148%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $39.70 ↑ +173%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $39.75 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $39.75 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|HMO $40.61 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $40.61 ↑ +179%
United Commercial|Options PPO $40.61 ↑ +179%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $42.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $43.99 ↑ +203%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $47.30 ↑ +226%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $48.64 ↑ +235%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $51.58 ↑ +255%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $51.58 ↑ +255%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $51.58 ↑ +255%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $53.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $53.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $53.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $53.13 ↑ +266%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $56.74 ↑ +291%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $64.47 ↑ +344%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $65.14 ↑ +348%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $77.37 ↑ +432%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $86.86 ↑ +498%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $97.68 $40.61 – $173.94
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $100.16 $36.09 – $129.36
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $47.29 $18.37 – $69.58
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $91.73 $35.64 – $129.36
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $18.55 $25.00 – $84.53
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $18.35 $25.00 – $84.53
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $14.70 $10.50 – $50.00
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $52.91 $16.32 – $66.64

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