IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$319.76

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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.

$1,167.00

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.

$65.33 with Hill Physicians vs $6,539.00 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

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 $65.33 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|< 21 $71.83 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|> 21 $71.83 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $87.33 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $117.69 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $118.94 ↓ -63%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $128.37 ↓ -60%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $181.80 ↓ -43%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $181.80 ↓ -43%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $261.09 ↓ -18%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $269.18 ↓ -16%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.87 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $276.87 ↓ -13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $276.87 ↓ -13%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $285.18 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $293.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $293.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $293.65 ↓ -8%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $304.56 ↓ -5%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $346.09 ↑ +8%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $408.45 ↑ +28%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $415.31 ↑ +30%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $478.47 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $595.17 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $630.18 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $758.55 ↑ +137%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $770.22 ↑ +141%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $793.56 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $875.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $875.25 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $933.60 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $933.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $968.61 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,026.96 ↑ +221%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $1,050.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $1,050.30 ↑ +228%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $1,073.64 ↑ +236%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $1,167.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,167.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,167.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $1,167.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,583.00 ↑ +395%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,737.00 ↑ +1069%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6,539.00 ↑ +1945%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $646.49 $88.35 – $1,951.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $414.78 $42.14 – $601.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,505.52 $286.64 – $292.49
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $493.92 $71.83 – $1,006.46
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $692.64 $71.83 – $611.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $452.37 $71.83 – $837.90
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $658.53 $71.83 – $1,412.86
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $651.43 $71.83 – $1,412.86

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