New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1972541498
$99.47
Cash price 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.
$363.00
Gross charge 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.
$38.28 with WCMG vs $348.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WCMG | Commercial|All Plans | $38.28 | ↓ -62% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $47.33 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $61.11 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $61.11 | ↓ -39% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $67.22 | ↓ -32% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.09 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $93.48 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio | $94.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers | $118.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $121.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $121.80 | ↑ +22% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.94 | ↑ +41% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.94 | ↑ +41% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $142.68 | ↑ +43% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO Tandem | $163.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|HMO | $165.00 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|LocalPlus | $168.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|CalPers | $184.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|PPO | $185.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $187.92 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.00 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $233.16 | ↑ +134% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $261.00 | ↑ +162% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $261.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $262.77 | ↑ +164% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $278.40 | ↑ +180% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $288.84 | ↑ +190% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $292.32 | ↑ +194% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $348.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $348.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $348.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $348.00 | ↑ +250% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $348.00 | ↑ +250% |
Visitor-reported prices
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New Patient Office Visit (level 2) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $559.01 | $50.22 – $204.18 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $1,479.42 | $69.70 – $164.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $145.10 | $49.20 – $305.00 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $115.89 | $23.03 – $87.22 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $148.96 | $49.20 – $298.90 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $154.71 | $61.11 – $333.60 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $161.12 | $61.11 – $232.00 |
| Healdsburg Hospital | Healdsburg | $309.57 | not published |