Mopath procedure level 8 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

$1,129.82

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.

$4,123.40

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.

$453.58 with WCMG vs $4,123.40 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 $453.58 ↓ -60%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $798.03 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|< 21 $846.27 ↓ -25%
United Medicaid|> 21 $846.27 ↓ -25%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $846.27 ↓ -25%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $846.27 ↓ -25%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $846.27 ↓ -25%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $871.66 ↓ -23%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $930.90 ↓ -18%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $930.90 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Options PPO $1,015.52 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $1,015.52 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,015.52 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|HMO $1,015.52 ↓ -10%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,057.84 ↓ -6%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,269.40 ↑ +12%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,443.19 ↑ +28%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $1,590.99 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $1,607.91 ↑ +42%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,690.60 ↑ +50%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,874.12 ↑ +66%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $1,937.96 ↑ +72%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $1,937.96 ↑ +72%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,226.64 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,322.72 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,322.72 ↑ +106%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,322.72 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,499.01 ↑ +121%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,092.55 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,092.55 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $3,298.72 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $3,298.72 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,422.43 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $4,123.40 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,123.40 ↑ +265%

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Mopath procedure level 8 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $153.71 $112.34 – $1,396.35
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $556.40 $72.77 – $2,180.52
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $509.60 $39.30 – $2,563.37
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $242.39 $153.63 – $2,431.90
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $239.78 $153.63 – $2,431.90
St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center Stockton $373.06 $30.73 – $245.81
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $192.09 $64.53 – $307.26
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $602.95 $26.00 – $50.00

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