Neurolysis celiac plexus 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

$1,011.89

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.

$3,693.00

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.

$135.43 with United vs $9,068.00 with Blue Shield CA — 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
United Medicaid|< 21 $135.43 ↓ -87%
United Medicaid|> 21 $135.43 ↓ -87%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $165.61 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $221.88 ↓ -78%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $234.83 ↓ -77%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $321.65 ↓ -68%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $406.23 ↓ -60%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $488.87 ↓ -52%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $488.87 ↓ -52%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $727.94 ↓ -28%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $1,103.24 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $1,169.93 ↑ +16%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $1,205.03 ↑ +19%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $1,286.92 ↑ +27%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,292.55 ↑ +28%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $1,462.41 ↑ +45%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $1,514.13 ↑ +50%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $1,754.89 ↑ +73%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $1,994.22 ↑ +97%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,769.75 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,769.75 ↑ +174%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $2,954.40 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,065.19 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|HMO $3,693.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $3,693.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $3,693.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,693.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +323%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $4,430.00 ↑ +338%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $4,746.00 ↑ +369%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +428%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $5,645.00 ↑ +458%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $5,727.00 ↑ +466%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,251.00 ↑ +617%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $7,251.00 ↑ +617%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $7,251.00 ↑ +617%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +640%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $7,528.00 ↑ +644%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $8,370.00 ↑ +727%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $8,609.00 ↑ +751%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $8,811.00 ↑ +771%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $9,068.00 ↑ +796%

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Neurolysis celiac plexus at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,474.31 $166.58 – $2,625.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $2,313.77 $135.43 – $5,095.02
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $2,018.41 $135.43 – $2,300.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $830.67 $135.43 – $1,791.20
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $821.72 $135.43 – $1,768.81
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $578.89 $135.43 – $957.00
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa $2,400.06 $1,230.71 – $4,042.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,608.96 $966.94 – $6,920.00

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