Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$25.32

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.

$92.40

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.

$10.17 with WCMG vs $126.52 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 $10.17 ↓ -60%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $28.65 ↑ +13%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $32.34 ↑ +28%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $36.96 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $37.89 ↑ +50%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $38.08 ↑ +50%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $38.81 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $40.40 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $42.84 ↑ +69%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $42.84 ↑ +69%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↑ +69%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $44.13 ↑ +74%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $47.12 ↑ +86%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $49.90 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $50.82 ↑ +101%
United Commercial|HMO $51.41 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Options PPO $51.41 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $51.41 ↑ +103%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $51.41 ↑ +103%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $53.55 ↑ +111%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $54.52 ↑ +115%
United Medicaid|< 21 $54.62 ↑ +116%
United Medicaid|> 21 $54.62 ↑ +116%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $57.29 ↑ +126%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $60.08 ↑ +137%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $60.99 ↑ +141%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $64.26 ↑ +154%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $69.30 ↑ +174%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $71.59 ↑ +183%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $73.92 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $73.92 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $76.70 ↑ +203%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $92.40 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $92.40 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $92.40 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $92.40 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $92.40 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $92.40 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $94.88 ↑ +275%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $126.52 ↑ +400%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $40.48 $24.95 – $113.68
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $18.41 $8.57 – $62.83
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $174.42 $41.98 – $211.20
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $189.68 $42.84 – $110.40
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $111.89 $42.84 – $90.56
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $173.73 $24.95 – $129.78
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $34.29 $42.84 – $123.12
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $33.92 $42.84 – $123.12

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