Morphometric analysis in situ hybridization computer-assisted per specimen each multiplex stain 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

$76.72

Cash price

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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.

$280.00

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.

$30.80 with WCMG vs $852.27 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $30.80 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $98.00 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $114.80 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $151.20 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|HMO $178.99 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $178.99 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $178.99 ↑ +133%
United Medicaid|> 21 $185.00 ↑ +141%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $185.00 ↑ +141%
United Medicaid|< 21 $185.00 ↑ +141%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $203.50 ↑ +165%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $212.34 ↑ +177%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $224.00 ↑ +192%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $224.00 ↑ +192%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $225.18 ↑ +194%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
United Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $225.18 ↑ +194%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $225.18 ↑ +194%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $231.94 ↑ +202%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $232.40 ↑ +203%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $247.70 ↑ +223%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $259.87 ↑ +239%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $280.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $280.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $280.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +265%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $281.48 ↑ +267%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $337.77 ↑ +340%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $639.15 ↑ +733%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $852.27 ↑ +1011%

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Morphometric analysis in situ hybridization computer-assisted per specimen each multiplex stain at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $122.64 $75.60 – $765.78
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $212.27 $34.27 – $487.91
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $43.35 $229.59 – $1,218.18
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $194.56 $22.50 – $743.65
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $186.48 $10.35 – $40.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $178.19 $12.15 – $874.22
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $103.88 $130.00 – $829.38
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $102.76 $130.00 – $829.38

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