Knee orth pos locking joint 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

$453.47

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.

$1,655.00

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.

$63.25 with WCMG vs $557.75 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
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $63.25 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $132.25 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $132.25 ↓ -71%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $132.25 ↓ -71%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $138.00 ↓ -70%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $143.75 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $149.50 ↓ -67%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $161.00 ↓ -64%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $161.00 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|< 21 $185.01 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|> 21 $185.01 ↓ -59%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $203.51 ↓ -55%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $224.25 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $230.00 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $299.00 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $304.75 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Options PPO $322.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|HMO $322.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $322.00 ↓ -29%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $373.75 ↓ -18%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $373.75 ↓ -18%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $408.25 ↓ -10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $431.25 ↓ -5%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $431.25 ↓ -5%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $448.50 ↓ -1%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $460.00 ↑ +1%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $471.50 ↑ +4%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $471.50 ↑ +4%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $477.25 ↑ +5%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $488.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $488.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $488.75 ↑ +8%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $517.50 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $517.50 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $517.50 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $529.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $557.75 ↑ +23%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $557.75 ↑ +23%

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Knee orth pos locking joint at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $256.38 $185.01 – $587.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $234.81 $113.81 – $587.02
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $1,262.70 $251.61 – $1,590.54
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $926.65 $166.51 – $2,155.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $842.61 $185.01 – $2,155.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $702.53 $40.00 – $2,133.45
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $676.34 $293.48 – $1,334.00
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $717.62 $185.01 – $1,767.10

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