Natriuretic peptide 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

$190.16

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.

$694.00

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.

$3.85 with WCMG vs $115.94 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 $3.85 ↓ -98%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $10.85 ↓ -94%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $12.25 ↓ -94%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $14.00 ↓ -93%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $14.35 ↓ -92%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $14.70 ↓ -92%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $19.25 ↓ -90%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $20.65 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $21.70 ↓ -89%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $23.10 ↓ -88%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -86%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $28.00 ↓ -85%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $28.00 ↓ -85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $29.05 ↓ -85%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $30.15 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|> 21 $30.15 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|< 21 $30.15 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $33.01 ↓ -83%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $33.16 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $35.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Options PPO $35.00 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $35.00 ↓ -82%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $35.00 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $35.00 ↓ -82%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $35.00 ↓ -82%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $35.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $36.05 ↓ -81%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↓ -80%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $43.75 ↓ -77%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $52.50 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $86.95 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $115.94 ↓ -39%

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Natriuretic peptide at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $164.69 $39.26 – $122.50
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $73.87 $7.85 – $94.09
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $300.90 $38.47 – $277.15
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $231.98 $17.50 – $101.16
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $323.01 $18.95 – $35.00
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $212.47 $9.45 – $118.92
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $111.68 $17.50 – $112.82
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $110.47 $17.50 – $112.82

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