Perq plmt bile duct stent 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

$3,311.84

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.

$12,087.00

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.

$410.28 with Hill Physicians vs $15,552.00 with Health Net — 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 $410.28 ↓ -88%
WCMG Commercial|All Plans $1,329.57 ↓ -60%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $4,230.45 ↑ +28%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $4,277.00 ↑ +29%
United Medicaid|> 21 $4,570.73 ↑ +38%
United Medicaid|< 21 $4,570.73 ↑ +38%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $4,955.67 ↑ +50%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $5,027.80 ↑ +52%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $5,063.00 ↑ +53%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $5,346.00 ↑ +61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $6,451.00 ↑ +95%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $6,526.98 ↑ +97%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,545.00 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $7,229.91 ↑ +118%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $7,484.00 ↑ +126%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $7,666.93 ↑ +132%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $7,896.94 ↑ +138%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $8,286.00 ↑ +150%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $8,433.62 ↑ +155%
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $8,573.00 ↑ +159%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $8,592.97 ↑ +159%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO Tandem $8,604.00 ↑ +160%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $8,684.39 ↑ +162%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $9,065.25 ↑ +174%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $9,065.25 ↑ +174%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $9,566.00 ↑ +189%
BlueShield Medicare|Trauma $9,583.66 ↑ +189%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $9,669.60 ↑ +192%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $10,032.21 ↑ +203%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $10,070.00 ↑ +204%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|PPO $10,363.00 ↑ +213%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $10,466.97 ↑ +216%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $10,466.97 ↑ +216%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $11,500.40 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|Options PPO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
United Commercial|HMO $12,087.00 ↑ +265%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $15,552.00 ↑ +370%

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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $5,759.70 $3,550.50 – $13,082.50
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $8,812.95 $4,570.73 – $20,179.18
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $7,836.48 $4,570.73 – $19,591.18
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $5,458.53 $4,570.73 – $11,770.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $5,694.01 $4,570.73 – $11,623.27
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $7,085.70 $2,530.29 – $11,289.70
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $12,989.28 $5,357.00 – $14,384.78
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $8,366.18 $3,213.50 – $6,427.00

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