Lithium therapeutic drug level 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

$77.27

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.

$282.00

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.

$5.88 with Partnership Health Plan vs $234.06 with MultiPlan — 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
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $5.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $6.23 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $6.61 ↓ -91%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $6.61 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $6.81 ↓ -91%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $7.27 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.93 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $7.93 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Options PPO $7.93 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $7.93 ↓ -90%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $8.26 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|< 21 $8.43 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|> 21 $8.43 ↓ -89%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $9.27 ↓ -88%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $9.91 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $11.05 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $14.65 ↓ -81%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $16.15 ↓ -79%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $19.30 ↓ -75%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $19.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $19.53 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $24.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $24.90 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $24.90 ↓ -68%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $31.02 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $87.42 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $98.70 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $112.80 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $115.62 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $116.35 ↑ +51%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $118.44 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $145.38 ↑ +88%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $152.28 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $155.10 ↑ +101%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $166.38 ↑ +115%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $174.84 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $186.12 ↑ +141%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $203.56 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $211.50 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $211.50 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $225.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $234.06 ↑ +203%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $139.29 $6.61 – $20.63
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $12.52 $1.32 – $19.40
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $97.92 $6.48 – $53.91
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $122.41 $6.61 – $22.54
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $85.92 $6.61 – $16.20
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $112.12 $6.21 – $22.54
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $57.51 $6.61 – $55.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $56.89 $6.61 – $54.51

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