Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$161.39

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.

$589.00

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.

$21.49 with Hill Physicians vs $589.00 with United — 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $21.49 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|< 21 $28.23 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|> 21 $28.23 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $46.25 ↓ -71%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $49.22 ↓ -70%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $64.79 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $67.05 ↓ -58%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $102.48 ↓ -37%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $102.48 ↓ -37%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $151.73 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $193.88 ↑ +20%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
United Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $205.60 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $205.60 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $205.60 ↑ +27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $206.15 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $211.77 ↑ +31%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $226.16 ↑ +40%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $241.49 ↑ +50%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $257.00 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $259.02 ↑ +60%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $308.40 ↑ +91%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $318.06 ↑ +97%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $323.67 ↑ +101%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $441.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $441.75 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $453.18 ↑ +181%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $471.20 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $488.87 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $589.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $589.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $589.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $589.00 ↑ +265%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $242.66 $34.72 – $432.12
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $285.60 $31.29 – $509.25
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $621.69 $120.03 – $296.92
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $357.38 $28.23 – $818.30
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $154.52 $28.23 – $227.36
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $327.32 $28.23 – $818.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $130.60 $28.23 – $281.60
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $129.19 $28.23 – $278.08

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