Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$1,385.07

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.

$5,055.00

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.

$289.77 with Hill Physicians vs $5,055.00 with BCBS - Anthem — 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 $289.77 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|> 21 $311.86 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|< 21 $311.86 ↓ -77%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $343.05 ↓ -75%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $497.94 ↓ -64%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $528.04 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $528.04 ↓ -62%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $528.04 ↓ -62%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $543.88 ↓ -61%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $556.05 ↓ -60%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $580.84 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $586.30 ↓ -58%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $592.53 ↓ -57%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $660.05 ↓ -52%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $714.16 ↓ -48%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $714.16 ↓ -48%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $792.06 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,060.18 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,060.18 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,060.18 ↓ -23%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $1,341.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $1,523.13 ↑ +10%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $1,769.25 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,030.99 ↑ +47%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $2,072.55 ↑ +50%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,729.70 ↑ +97%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,791.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,791.25 ↑ +174%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,044.00 ↑ +192%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $4,044.00 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,195.65 ↑ +203%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $5,055.00 ↑ +265%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,055.00 ↑ +265%

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Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $1,406.42 $471.82 – $2,504.58
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $967.71 $311.86 – $1,772.15
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $886.32 $311.86 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $375.46 $311.86 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $371.41 $311.86 – $1,976.45
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $1,699.32 $311.86 – $2,369.80
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,511.04 $437.05 – $951.22
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $598.29 $184.56 – $769.00

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