MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$2,680.00

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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.

$9,781.00

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.

$271.27 with Hill Physicians vs $8,118.23 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
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $271.27 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|> 21 $333.68 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|< 21 $333.68 ↓ -88%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $367.05 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $442.55 ↓ -83%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $469.30 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $469.30 ↓ -82%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $483.38 ↓ -82%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $516.23 ↓ -81%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $586.63 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $627.32 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $633.99 ↓ -76%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $703.95 ↓ -74%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $764.13 ↓ -71%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $764.13 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|HMO $828.27 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $828.27 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $828.27 ↓ -69%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,075.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,263.96 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,263.96 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,263.96 ↓ -53%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,434.82 ↓ -46%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $2,506.00 ↓ -6%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,133.00 ↑ +17%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $3,423.35 ↑ +28%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,010.21 ↑ +50%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,386.00 ↑ +64%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $5,281.74 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $5,397.00 ↑ +101%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,195.00 ↑ +168%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,335.75 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $7,335.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $7,824.80 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,118.23 ↑ +203%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,511.10 $453.77 – $2,691.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $3,357.04 $71.43 – $5,624.06
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $9,118.80 $470.15 – $5,833.69
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $3,784.38 $333.68 – $6,585.60
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $8,816.51 $333.68 – $3,263.40
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $3,050.16 $333.68 – $2,111.00
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $1,513.68 $333.68 – $3,264.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $1,497.36 $333.68 – $3,223.20

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