Lipase 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

$82.20

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.

$300.00

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.

$0.69 with WCMG vs $20.35 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 $0.69 ↓ -99%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $1.93 ↓ -98%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $2.18 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $2.49 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2.56 ↓ -97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $2.62 ↓ -97%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3.36 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $3.43 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $3.67 ↓ -96%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $3.86 ↓ -95%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $4.11 ↓ -95%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $4.67 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4.98 ↓ -94%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4.98 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5.17 ↓ -94%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $5.87 ↓ -93%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $6.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $6.22 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $6.22 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $6.22 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6.22 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|HMO $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Options PPO $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|< 21 $6.22 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|> 21 $6.22 ↓ -92%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $6.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.41 ↓ -92%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $6.85 ↓ -92%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $7.78 ↓ -91%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $9.33 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $15.26 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $20.35 ↓ -75%

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Lipase at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $106.44 $2.15 – $18.29
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $32.55 $1.38 – $10.03
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $232.56 $6.75 – $56.17
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $234.55 $3.98 – $17.76
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $131.21 $6.89 – $16.89
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $214.82 $2.15 – $20.88
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $215.56 $3.00 – $19.81
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $213.23 $3.00 – $19.81

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